I received a notification on my iPad as I was getting ready to face the day last Wednesday – A gunman had attacked a group of Republican Congressional Representatives. Soon after a friend, with whom I have often commiserated over the state of our culture, sent me a message, “And now we’ve devolved into shooting…
Tag: History
Standing With History
I am a lover of history. So I was overjoyed when I found out Palmyra was inviting a living piece of history to come and be honored by our community. Dr. Clarence B. Jones is scholar and civil rights worker who is perhaps best known as an advisor, personal attorney, and speech writer for Dr….
Mental Health Day
August and September are two very stressful months for me. Much of this stress is created by the finish line sprint to ABCNJ’s Annual Session, but this is compounded by every organization on the planet which suddenly says, “Oh, hey. It’s September, let’s have a meeting.” By the time Annual Session is over I’m typically…
Arsty Keg
Yesterday we took some of our friends to Pennsbury Manor, where a program called “Plants to Pints” was being held. We’d been wanting to bring our friends out to the manor for some time, and felt the program was as good an excuse as any to do so. This historical lesson began, as the name…
Vally Forge
My wife and I had to travel a bit on Saturday, so on the way we decided to spend some time a Valley Forge National Park. We’ve been to the park several times, but always enjoy going back and exploring parts which we may have missed 1. We didn’t have a lot of time to…
A story from where I grew up
I grew up in a little town called Oreland — which is part of Springfield Township in Montgomery County, PA. Having a mother who was a history major, I grew up with a general awareness of my childhood home’s role in the Revolutionary War. I knew Springfield was mostly made up of a valley created…
