Yesterday was the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln and I had Presidents on my mind. We hear of some more than others. Who, I asked myself, was a President that I didn’t hear much about? I came up with the name of John Tyler. In doing a bit of research, I found a lot of […]
Apr 9, 2020
A Turning Point
·Dignity in defeat and graciousness in victory, and a turning point in American history. I’ve often wished, if I could go back in time, that I might have been present that day, April 9, 1865, in the parlor of Wilmer McLean of Appomattox Court House, Virginia. I would like to have seen General Robert […]