Paul Revere and His Lantern Mystery

We as children all learned the poem about Paul Revere and his midnight ride in 1775.  Up until today, I never even thought about the chap who climbed into the tower and hung the lanterns.


Here's a great blog post about the mystery of the lanterns, where they were hung, and by whom they were hung.  Hope you enjoy.......

The Unsolved Mystery at Old North Church

December 1, 2010 by Ben Edwards
Who doesn’t appreciate a good mystery – especially one that dates all the way back to the beginning of the American Revolution! On the evening of April 18, 1775, “a friend” of Paul Revere held two lanterns in the northwest window of Christ Church (Old North Church) steeple to signal patriots in Charlestown that the British troops were leaving Boston by water on their secret expedition to Lexington and Concord. One hundred years later,.......
http://teachhistory.com/2010/12/01/the-unsolved-mystery-at-old-north-church/

History sure is fun!

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Celebrating the End of the War

The war is over!

What war? Why, the American Revolution, of course!

The Treaty of Paris, which was signed on September 3, 1783, formally ended the American Revolution between Great Britain and the American colonies. Among the points made in the Treaty of Paris was the acknowledgement of the 13 colonies to be free, sovereign and independent States.

The James Waldrop Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution is proud to sponsor the Second Annual Marquis de Lafayette Dinner to honor the signing of the Treaty of Paris and to celebrate the birth of Marquis de Lafayette on Tuesday, 1 September 2009, at 6:30 PM at Southern Oaks, 240 North Jeff Davis Drive in Fayetteville.

Dinner will be followed by a program by Phyllis King titled "LaFayette: Hero of the New Nation." The cost is $20 per person.

For more information or to make reservations for this important event in American history, contact Susan Sloan at jandssloan@mindspring.com or 770-461-2458.

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The Road Less Traveled Leads to Hampton Hotels’ Latest Roadside Landmark Refurbishment

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Robert Frost is considered by many to be one of America’s most acclaimed poets. Perhaps most well-known for the poem “The Road Not Taken,” Frost’s works are especially regarded for their realistic depictions of rural life in the New England area of the United States. Today, volunteers from Hampton Hotels’ Save-A-Landmark program (www.hamptonlandmarks.com) honored the poet at his family’s home, the Robert Frost Farm State Historic Site in Derry, N.H. The farm is the 47th landmark to be refurbished through the Save-A-Landmark program.

More than a dozen volunteers, who gathered from local Hampton Hotels throughout New Hampshire, worked together to refurbish the site and preserve its historical significance. The work included landscaping, debris removal from interpretive trails and other general cleaning within the two-story farmhouse and throughout the adjacent barn. Additionally, Hampton Hotels’ Save-A-Landmark program will donate funds for future refurbishment efforts including updated educational signage for the interpretive trails.

“The works of Robert Frost are engrained into American culture and education,” said Judy Christa-Cathey, vice president of global brand marketing for Hampton Hotels. “I remember first reading his poems in school, and then sharing them with my daughter as she discovered them for the first time. Hampton Hotels’ Save-A-Landmark program is helping to ensure that the Robert Frost Farm State Historic Site continues to educate visitors about this great American poet for many more years.”

Frost and his family lived in a two-story house on the farm from 1900-1911. His time spent there inspired many of Frost’s poems throughout his career, including “Mending Wall” and “Tree at My Window.” The Robert Frost Farm State Historic Site is currently under the direction and care of the State of New Hampshire, Division of Parks and Recreation. The farm is also is a New Hampshire Historic Site and listed on the National Registry for historic landmarks of national significance.

The Robert Frost Farm State Historic Site is Hampton’s sixth landmark to be restored in 2009 as part of the “All-American Landmarks” campaign. This year, Hampton is devoted to restoring sites that represent what it means to be American, just like the Robert Frost Farm State Historic Site as well as others like Mayberry’s Old City Jail and the Steamboat Belle of Louisville. Each site that Save-A-Landmark will refurbish reflects the individual personalities of the states and their residents, and signifies defining moments in the country’s past.

Communities across the country showed their American spirit by casting thousands of votes to help elect the nine landmarks that will be restored this year. The public voted for their favorite “All-American Landmarks” in nine states, including New Hampshire, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Over the years, Hampton has worked to preserve 46 other historical, fun and cultural landmarks from the Carousel Gardens in New Orleans, La. to the historical National Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth, Mass. During this time, the program has helped research landmarks in need, promoted landmark sites and their importance, facilitated tens of thousands of volunteer hours, donated several tons of supplies and worked with matching grants – all at an investment of more than $3.5 million. Uniting its hotels together in the communities they serve, Hampton employee-volunteers work hand-in-hand on the landmarks while Hampton provides the financial support to refurbish selected sites. The Save-A-Landmark program has already successfully refurbished a landmark in 37 states, continuing on with the ultimate goal to “save” a landmark from each of the 50 states by the end of 2010.

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American Flag of Faces™ Launched Online

The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com


The following announcement was written by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation:

Will Be Featured Exhibit at Ellis Island

Ellis Island, NY (April 2009) – The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. today announced the official launch of its new American Flag of Faces™ website at www.FlagOfFaces.org. This interactive website invites all Americans to submit photos of their families, their ancestors, even themselves to become a part of this living, ever-changing American mosaic.

Participants can upload digital photos at www.FlagOfFaces.org with a tax-deductible donation of $50 to become part of the American Flag of Faces™. This dynamic website, created and produced by ESI Design and Artgig Studio, opens with an animated red, white and blue flag populated with user-submitted images. Each image can be clicked on and enlarged. Users can also search by name to call up specific individual or family photos.

The American Flag of Faces™ will also become a central exhibit in the upcoming Peopling of America® Center, an exciting new expansion of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The Flag of Faces exhibit will consist of a large video installation providing a mosaic of all the portraits submitted by individuals and families who have made America their home throughout the generations.

The Peopling of America® Center will enlarge the story currently told of the Ellis Island Era (1892-1954) to include the entire panorama of the American immigration experience, with exhibits dedicated to those who arrived before Ellis as well as those who arrived post-1954, right up to the present. With the anticipated 2011 opening of The Peopling of America® Center, Ellis Island will illustrate the American immigration story across the generations, and the museum will be renamed Ellis Island: The National Museum of Immigration.

The launching of the American Flag of Faces™ is just in time for Mother’s Day. Honoring ancestors and family by submitting their images to be a part of this exciting new exhibit makes a very special tribute to America’s “moms” on May 10. And proceeds will help support the creation of the upcoming Peopling of America® Center at Ellis Island.

To learn more or to upload an image, visit www.FlagOfFaces.org. Photos may also be submitted by mail. Applications are available by calling (212) 561-4588 or writing: The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., c/o Flag of Faces, 17 Battery Place, Suite 210, New York, NY 10004-3507.

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Zoie Films Offers Victoria Woodhull Documentary Now on DVD Free!

HH Note: Did you ever learn of the first woman to campaign for President? The year was 1872....

/PRNewswire/ -- "America's Victoria, Remembering Victoria Woodhull," a feature length documentary previously featured on PBS television is now available for free. Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to campaign for U.S. President in 1872. "America's Victoria" is a wonderful chronicle of the life of one of the most important and unrecognized women in U.S. history.

"If you spliced the genes of Hillary Clinton, Madonna, Heidi Fleiss and Margaret Thatcher, you might have someone like Victoria Woodhull," wrote the Atlanta Journal & Constitution.

Although she was a radical suffragist, Victoria Woodhull refused to restrict her Presidential campaign to the issue of women's suffrage. Instead, she advocated a single sexual standard for men and women, legalization of prostitution and reform of marriage. "America's Victoria" combines rare archival images, Woodhull's own words performed by Kate Capshaw and illuminating interviews with contemporary feminist Gloria Steinem to present a fascinating portrait of this remarkably brave woman.

"Ahead of her time, Victoria Woodhull was an advocate not only of women's suffrage but of legalized prostitution and free love, by which she meant a commitment untrammeled by governmental regulations. She ran for president four times and generally lived a life unimagined by most people. She was an electrifying woman who teaches women to be daring, courageous and outrageous," says Victoria Weston.

For more information about on how to acquire a free DVD of "America's Victoria, Remembering Victoria Woodhull": www.ZoieFilms.com/homevideo.html .

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Governor Perdue Proclaims November as American Indian Heritage Month

Governor Sonny Perdue recently signed a proclamation declaring November as American Indian Heritage Month in Georgia. On hand to witness the proclamation were Georgia State Society Daughters of the American Revolution State Anerican Indian Chairman Carolyn Balog (l) and Georgia State Society Daughters of the American Revolution Regent, Barbara Chastain (r).


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National American Indian Heritage Month

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. - Cherokee

November is a time of excitement as Americans vote in our National Election, and plan for the upcoming feast on Thanksgiving. How many Americans take the time to stop and reflect on the first Americans? How many of us take the time to learn more about these Americans?

What do you think of when you hear American Indian? Do you think of the early western films so popular in our culture 50 years ago? Does it conjure up visions of war whoops while attacking white settlers? Do you remember the Trail of Tears when the Cherokee Indians were forced to leave Georgia? Does it remind you of the valor of these men who understood the need to fight for honor, land and country during World War II? Perhaps, you think of a young maiden named Pocahontas of whom legends are still passed down? What an impact Pocahontas and other brave Native Americans had.

November is National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. This celebration of our tribal nations first began at the turn of the 20th century with the Boy Scouts.

In 1915, a formal proclamation was made by the Rev. Sheraman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to celebrate the contributions of America's first residents and called for their recognition as American citizens.

It wasn't until 1990 when President Bush signed the proclamation for National American Indian Heritage Month that it became a national celebration. Take time to learn more about the first Americans and their contributions to our way of life today. Take the time to understand the sacrifices they have made in the name of America.

Fayette Front Page Staff Report

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Former Agents Commission Presentation Commemorating the FBI’s 100th Anniversary

On July 26, 2008, the FBI celebrated its 100th anniversary as an intelligence and national security agency. Growing from a small group of 34 investigators into an organization with more than 30,000 employees, the Bureau has proudly played - and continues to play - a unique and prominent role in ensuring the safety and freedom of all Americans. To commemorate this century of service, the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, Inc. commissioned “The FBI: A Century of Excellence (Legacy and Legends, Part II),” a multimedia presentation that is available for viewing on its Web site at http://www.socxfbi.org/SpecialAgents2.

According to former Society President Richard J. Bernes, “While the FBI is familiar to every American, many are not aware of the Bureau’s roots or how it has successfully evolved to contend with the ever-changing threats that face our nation. ‘The FBI: A Century of Excellence (Legacy and Legends, Part II)’ provides viewers with insight into the leadership, expertise, courage, and integrity that defined the FBI of yesterday and continue to distinguish it today.”

“The FBI: Legacy and Legends, Part I” - honoring the Bureau’s ongoing efforts to protect the United States and its citizens at home and abroad - is also available on the Society’s Web site at http://www.socxfbi.org/SpecialAgents.

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New DAR Publication Highlights the Many Contributions of African Americans and American Indians in the Revolutionary War

HH Note: Kudos to the DAR for their efforts in documenting early American Patriots.

An unprecedented new publication highlighting the contributions of African Americans and American Indians in America’s War for Independence is now available from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The second edition of Forgotten Patriots – African American and American Indian Patriots of the Revolutionary War: A Guide to Service, Sources, and Studies, published in May 2008 by the DAR identifies over 6,600 names of African Americans and American Indians who contributed to American Independence and is a nearly five-fold expansion in pages over the 2001 edition. The 9” x 12” hardbound book with 872 pages contains details of the documented service of the listed Patriots, historical commentary on happenings of the time, an assortment of illustrations, and an extensive bibliography of research sources related to the topic.

As the title of the DAR publication suggests, the many contributions of African Americans and American Indians in the Revolutionary War have frequently been overlooked and have rarely been adequately recognized. Accordingly, Forgotten Patriots is a unique publication that offers an enormous amount of research and original sources, covers all regions during the years roughly from 1775 to 1783 and is distinctive in the fact that this variety of information is all compiled into one resource book. No other similar guide exists for the history of the participation of African Americans and American Indians in the Revolutionary War, which also includes an extensive bibliography referencing thousands of citations that can provide a roadmap for scholars, researchers and students seeking to discover even more information on the topic.

The book organizes its findings into chapters that include historical commentary, sources cited, names of identified Patriots and a bibliography directly related to each state and region of the country. Seven appendices are included to elaborate on topics not often addressed in other publications such as the challenges of documenting the color of participants in the American Revolution, using individual’s names as clues to finding Forgotten Patriots, the often discussed but never authoritatively verified number of minority participants in the Revolution, and information on how to contact the DAR with questions or to offer additional information and findings related to the topic.

While the majority of the content is reporting of fact as opposed to narrative, a number of interesting personal stories emerge as well. These stories provide insight into the individual aspirations, struggles and achievements of many other African American and American Indian Patriots for whom such documentation has been lost to time.

DAR Library Director, Eric G. Grundset, Editor and Project Manager of Forgotten Patriots, describes in the book’s introduction the “rewarding, informative, and captivating” work on the project and intended goals for the publication. “Since its founding in 1890, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution has collected and published information about the American Revolution. Included in this tradition have been articles, grave markings, or placement of historical plaques that note the involvement of African Americans and American Indians in the struggle.” He goes on to explain that the hope is that this book will have the additional benefit of also encouraging the female descendents of these patriots to join the important volunteer and educational work of the DAR.

The introduction also emphasizes that the expanded second edition of Forgotten Patriots is “an exciting step forward in helping to document a segment of the effort that resulted in the creation of the United States of America,” but the work does not end with this publication. “Undoubtedly, there are many other minority patriots who remain undiscovered or for whom documentation does not yet exist.” It is hoped that the information contained in the Forgotten Patriots book will stimulate further research by many people. A special collection at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., has been started that encompasses much of the documentation related to the subject of minority service in the American Revolution and is available to the public for research. “The DAR [also] welcomes additional information concerning any of the individuals identified in this publication or on others that have not been included,” Grundset writes.

“The subject of this book is essential to the work of the DAR to document the history of the role of all individuals in the Revolutionary War and to preserve it for future generations,” explains Grundset. “While the research to identify and document forgotten patriots will continue as part of the daily activities of the DAR, it is hoped that this work will spur others to undertake an examination of their ancestry and the rich heritage that has come to make up our great nation.”

Fayetteville's Official Historian, John Lynch, on the History of Fayetteville City Cemetery

Lynch is speaking at the Memorial Day ceremonies sponsored by American Legion Post 105 in Fayetteville, Georgia