Month: October 2015
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…