Posted in American Countryside Rhode Island

A Capital City for Exiles

In a sense, this capital city is a place established for exiles.  If your thoughts and ideas were too radical for the establishment, peoples from…

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Posted in American Countryside Rhode Island

Too Radical for the Time & Place

Roger Williams’ ideas were simply too radical for his time and place, and for that, he was about to be sent back to England.  That…

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Posted in American Countryside Rhode Island

The Smallest of the Fifty States

This week we are in the smallest of the fifty states, Rhode Island, for the story of the man who helped found the colony –…

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Capturing Someone’s Voice

In an age centuries before a recorder could capture someone’s voice, young Roger could accomplish the same thing by hand.  However, you know him not…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

Overcoming Challenges 50 Years Later

Next week at the National FFA Convention, there will be a recognition of the 50th anniversary of two groups joining together.  However, a half century…

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Posted in American Countryside Rhode Island

The Voice That Inspired the Declaration of Independence

Over a century before the founding fathers would write the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, this man was expounding on the ideas those documents…

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Posted in American Countryside North Carolina

Separate and Not Equal

Separate but equal was almost always separate and NOT equal.  That was the case in agricultural education as well with two groups helping those who…

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Posted in American Countryside Virginia

The Grandest of Hotels

At one time is was the grandest of hotels in the state of Virginia.  But the wheels of time eventually forced her shutdown and all…

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Posted in American Countryside Virginia

The Cornerstone to a Large City

What’s it take to build a large city?  A railroad and nice hotel of course.  It was a winning combination for this city and we’ll…

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Remembering Grandma Saunders

My grandmother Darlene Saunders passed last week and today I’ll be a pall bearer at her funeral.  So today I honor her with this look…

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