Civil War Quotes of the Week
Be not exacting in the choice of weapons; pikes, and scythes will do for exterminating your enemies, spades and shovels for protecting your friends.
Did you know… Elbridge Gerry?
“If every man here was a Gerry,” Adams claimed, “the Liberties of America would be safe against the Gates of Earth and Hell.
A day that will live in infamy… January 29, 1863
You live out in the country, on land your family has owned for generations. Suppose you were at home on a cold winter’s morning, still tucked in with your children. It’s freezing outside, and you have no appointments today – … Continued
Did you know… Button Gwinnett?
Signers of the Declaration of Independence Button Gwinnett(1732- May 19, 1777 ) spent his early life in England. Born as the third child to Rev. Samuel Gwinnett and Ann Eames in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire, England, his parents were of modest … Continued
Did you know… Clyde Brooks?
We were riding a bus, in Mexico. Two white students and three black students wanted to eat together. The bus driver, from Illinois, told us we couldn’t.
Civil War Quotes of the week
April 26th, 1862. “There is no word in the English language that can express the state in which we are, and have been, these last three days. Day before yesterday, news came early in the morning of three of the … Continued
Did you know… Lyman Hall?
Continuing series on the Signers of the Declaration of Independence Lyman Hall was born April 12, 1724, in Wallingford, Connecticut, son of Rev. John Hall and his wife Mary. As a boy, he studied with his father, and entered Yale. … Continued
Did you know… Benjamin Harrison?
Signers of the Declaration of Independence Benjamin Harrison V(April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was born at Berkeley Plantation on the James River in Virginia, about thirty-two miles southeast of Richmond. His parents were Benjamin Harrison IV and Ann Carter. … Continued
Did you know … Andre Watts?
This week we depart from our usual practice, and highlight a living African American artist. Andre Watts is one of the premiere pianists of the last sixty years. I first heard him play with the Houston Symphony in 1973. This … Continued
Did you know… John Hart?
Signers of the Declaration of Independence John Hart(Feb 21, 1713- May 11, 1779)* was a poor farmer, son of Captain Edward Hart, a farmer, public assessor, Justice of the Peace, and Martha Hart of New York. His father led the … Continued