Men and women have been fighting for and defending my rights for over 100 years. It is because of them that I have the freedom to be religious, outspoken, feminist, right, and often wrong. Thank you. I grew up going to the cemetery every Memorial Day to honor my family that has gone before me. I

Today was fantastic. My sister and brother in law are in town and it was a perfect time to head over to Ellis Island. What a place. We listened to an audio tour describing what it was like for the people as they came off the ships and were herded through the checkpoints before they

So, of course I need to give you this: Oh Texas. Thanks. There are a lot of great performances of the National Anthem on YouTube. I considered posting Whitney’s version, but we’ve probably all seen that one. This video had very few views so I went with it instead. There was also a YouTube video

I celebrated today by watching the PBS Documentary Lincoln@Gettysburg. It is only 1 hour long, and it is very well done. It covered the importance of the telegraph as a tool for Lincoln to win the war, the battle of Gettysburg, and the Gettysburg address. What a wonderful and powerful man Abraham Lincoln was. He moved

Take a moment to read about Samuel Mudd today. He was convicted as a co-conspirator to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He was convicted of this and sentenced to life in prison, but was later pardoned by Andrew Johnson. I don’t know enough about the story to make a judgement one way or the other,