Just like today, the country was deeply divided.
Emotions were high, reason and common sense almost absent.
Our future could mirror their past…
unless we reach Across the Great Divide.
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History is full of interesting characters. In this blog series, we meet just some of these History Makers.
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Charley Parkhurst
Did you know Charley Parkhurst (1812–1879)?Tales of the Old WestOnce there was a girl, Charlene Parkhurst, born in 1812 in Sharon, Vermont. Charlene’s parents died, and there was no one to take care... READ MORE
Susie King Taylor – Black author of the Civil War
Did you know… Susie Baker King Taylor(Aug 6,1848- October 6, 1912)?Susie King Taylor is the only black woman confirmed to have published a biography of the US Civil War. Taylor was born into... READ MORE
Charles Purvis, soldier, physician, history maker
Charles was the first black physician to attend a sitting president when he attended President James Garfield after he was shot by an assassin in 1881, and a founder of Howard University medical... READ MORE
Leaving Lonesome – a family and the Vietnam War
A family torn apart by war. A love affair that reaches to the sky. And a secret with the power to redeem or destroy them… Sutter County, California 1972 John Reno returns from... READ MORE