I’d learned about Elijah Lovejoy in history and about his support of the abolition movement years ago, but sometimes it takes seeing and remembering to bring home the efforts that some went to for our freedoms. This past Monday, Annie Jansen, my mom and I visited the monument in Alton, Illinois. Mom didn’t try the […]
There is always an interesting twist when it comes to history, but an ironic one surrounds Clarksville’s Fort Defiance. Built by 200 enslaved men with shovels and picks, this acre of earthworks would later serve as a place of shelter when the Union army occupied the city. During my hosted visit to Clarksville, Tracy Jepson, […]
While Christmas celebrations in your own back yard are not to be missed, sometimes to get into the holiday spirit a holiday trip is just what it takes. Recently on a hosted trip to Clarksville, Tennessee my mom, Lori Disque came along and Visit Clarksville’s Michelle Dickerson showed us that they know how to […]
While in Ohio, this summer, Nancy Reynolds took Annie Jansen and I to tour the beautiful Rutherford B. Hayes home and his Presidential Library and Museum that is located right next door. The home is quite lovely and since I knew very little about our 19th President everything was new. Rutherford B. Hayes was the […]
Are you looking for a way to add some fun and excitement to your fall? If so, the Kinston, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has come up with a great tour filled with history, food and maybe a spooky moment or two! Jan Parson the Lenoir County Director of Events and Programs shared, “Spend a […]