Friday, January 28, 2022

PATRON + The Masonic Apron – a true story – this happened frequently during the Civil War...

 
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PATRON + The Masonic Apron – a true story – this happened frequently during the Civil War

The Masonic Apron by Vicky Clemmons My deep love and devotion for the older generations have always been evident by the company I keep, most of my nursing career was devoted to taking care of geriatric patients, my best friends are twice my age, and I never miss an opportunity to sit and listen to […]

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PATRON + Gee's Bend – vintage pictures of residents and the new health clinic in 1939

In 1937, the Van de Graaff family sold their land in Wilcox County, Alabama to the federal government, and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) established Gee’s Bend Farms Inc., a pilot project of a cooperative-based program designed to sustain the inhabitants. A health center and cooperative store and cotton gin were built, along with a […]

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Native Americans fought on both sides of the Civil War – here is part of their story

(Transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 05, No. 01, Spring Issue 1943 – please remember that the vocabulary used is from a different era than today) THE PART INDIANS PLAYED IN THE CONFEDERACY By Mrs. Elliott M. Buchanan, Chattanooga, Tennessee (This article was one of a number on the subject written by members of […]

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PATRON – BIOGRAPHY: Col. Jonathan Newton Smith (1814 – 1885) Bibb County, Alabama

This biography of Col. Jonathan Newton Smith is in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers Volume I COLONEL JONATHAN NEWTON SMITH Biography and Genealogy (1814-1885) Bibb County, Alabama Colonel Jonathan Newton Smith was an early pioneer in Bibb County, Alabama. He was a native of Sparta, Georgia and moved with his father […]

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