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 … [Read more]
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 … [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 … [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 … [Read more]
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