
The Ballad of Citizens at Last
I am inspired by stories about people who lived remarkable lives and overcame immense challenges to survive, thrive, and make the world a better place

I am inspired by stories about people who lived remarkable lives and overcame immense challenges to survive, thrive, and make the world a better place
In the same letter of 1846 to his sister Lucy, Henry Waring Latané Temple asks Lucy, while in New York, to: “get for me, of

“They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever.”
Here is a letter he wrote in 1845: Loretto VaMay 28, [1845]Care ofMr. John Gray, Sr. Mrs. Mary TempleFredericksbg Edenetta Tues: EveningMy dear Mother I

My friend Kelley Mickwee has released a brilliant recording of a song we wrote together called “Gold Standard.” We wrote it thinking about how if

Francois Achilles Plunkett (sometimes referred to by geneaologists as Achilles Nivison Plunkett Sr. but no birth record verifying his birth name been found) was born

John Barnitz Bond Sr, MD was the father of John Barnitz Bond Jr (who married Alice Plunkett). Arkansas Gazette, July 17, 1915: “One of the

The children and grandchildren of John Bond Jr and Alice Plunkett: -4 Children: Lila Plunkett Bond, Julia (Judy) Katharine Bond, Josephine Bond, Richard Thompson (Tommy)

Eliza (Lila) Boyd Plunkett in 1935, likely holding granddaughter Lila Anne Matthews (1934–1959)Lila Boyd Plunkett was Alice Plunkett’s mom Here is a picture of Lila

I have 32 great-great-great grandparents. Four of them are Virginia natives, and two of them are Essex County, Virginia natives. I had seen that birthplaces

Here is the correspondence between my grandfather and grandmother from the time they were 16 years old in 1947 to the time they were married
