9.30.16 Ringing Freedom

This was a long time coming. In 1776, the First Baptist Church was established in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was led by Gowan Pamphlet, a slave owned by the proprietor of the King’s Arm Tavern, who had learned to read and write and who had served many famous travelers including George…
2016

Week 35: Labor’s Day

You can travel in style, but eventually you have to pay the bill. History remembers George Pullman as the inventor of the railroad sleeping car which is synonymous with his name. It was the perfect idea for the time, when the American railroad system was exploding after the Civil War, making…
2016