Category Archives: Abraham Lincoln
Happy Emancipation Day, 2013!
“On January 1, 1892, Miss Josephine Burton, Ocean Springs’ charming belle gave a very nice surprise party for her pastor, Rev. I. C. Rucker, assisted by Mrs. A.B. Stuart and Miss Violet Matthews. A collection of $6.05 was taken, after … Continue reading
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Treasure Chest Thursday: My 60 year-old Grandparents earn their GEDs
When my maternal grandparents were in their 60s, they decided to go back to school to get their GEDs. Alonzo Walton and Louise Coleman Walton both grew up on farms around the turn of the century. The Waltons owned theirs, … Continue reading
Howard Zinn – The People's Historian
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSTqXme9RCk&feature=response_watch] Howard Zinn, popular historian, died last week before I had a chance to finish his volume, A People’s History of the United States, 1492 – Present. I’ve been reading it on and off for the past several years, packing … Continue reading
Filed under Abraham Lincoln, family history, geneology, Henry Louise Gates, slavery, Uncategorized
