I love this Norman Rockwell image. Many consider it to be the quintessential Thanksgiving image. Did you know it was inspired by a State of the Union address given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt? In January, 1941, President Roosevelt delivered his State of the Union address which is often … [Read more...]
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Peruse Lisa's general posts as well as entries from her Every Now and Then, Georgia On My Mind, and History is Elementary blogs.
Georgia’s Paul Revere
Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of John Wisdom on the third of May, in sixty-three…. Something isn’t quite right, is it? Back when I was in the classroom I would introduce “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, to my fourth graders when we … [Read more...]
Piecing together Girls’ High: Class of 1919
This book, “The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book” fell into my lap a few months ago. My excitement grew as I turned each page because the book is a treasure trove regarding what I am almost certain is a senior year recap for 1919 belonging to a young lady named Caroline Ashley Adams at Atlanta’s … [Read more...]
Twelve Cars of Chinese
Those who were at the depot Sunday afternoon [September 28th] saw the sight of a lifetime. A solid train of twelve chairs of the Southern Pacific railroad was loaded with Chinese, numbering 365, from San Francisco to Cuba, where they will be employed in the sugar industry. This shipment is said to … [Read more...]
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