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For decades, Thanksgiving was cause for a fight. And the pumpkin was a symbol of the Northern anti-slavery movement.

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Bulstrode is set to be converted into a luxury hotel A Victorian mansion in Gerrards Cross will be transformed into a luxury hotel after plans were given the green light. The plans for Grade II-listed Bulstrode Manor include plans for 52 guest rooms including a royal suite, a restaurant with room for 120 diners, lobby and lounge spaces, conference and event spaces for up to 200 people, a spa, a kitchen and housekeeping facilities, new guest parking and accommodation for staff. The separat...

The Democratic Party began its convention in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 23, 1860. The incumbent president, James Buchanan, was a Democrat from Pennsylvania who had Southern sympathies but opposed secession. Due to a largely disastrous administration, he had no interest in reelection; still, the Democrats, and Stephen A. Douglas in particular, were favored to win the election. Douglas was a moderate who advocated “popular sovereignty,” or the right of territories and newly admitted...

In the summer of 2019, former state Sen. H. Douglas Barclay invited his good friend Joseph L. Rich down to his spacious parcel, Douglaston Salmon Run, County Route 5, Pulaski. Mr. Rich hopped into a four-wheeler, with Mr. Barclay confidently at the wheel. “He took me on a joy ride like you wouldn’t believe,” Mr. Rich recalled on Tuesday, two days after Mr. Barclay died at the age of 88, leaving behind a legacy of exemplary public service. “I mean it was up the hills and down...

PULASKI — Former state Sen. H. Douglas Barclay died Sunday, leaving behind a legacy of exemplary public service. Mr. Barclay, 88, was over the course of his vast career an attorney, state senator, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, military veteran and businessman, all while never straying far from the Oswego County land his family has farmed since 1807, now known as Douglaston Manor. Educated as a child at Pulaski Academy, including for a time in a one-room schoolhouse, Mr. B...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   In 1882 George Crowell, owner of the publication titled the “Household,” bought 30 acres of land from the Hines family. This property included the Hines Aqueduct Association and an unfinished reservoir, with springs located on what was then known as Hines Hill. The aqueduct and reservoir were begun by Isaac Hines but had not been developed since Hines’ death in 1876. This aqueduct association was the very beginning of what is n...

Blenheim Palace The flower show is set within the Oxfordshire UNESCO World Heritage Site’s Capability Brown landscaped parkland and boasts formal gardens created over the centuries by esteemed garden designers such as Henry Wise and Achille Duchene. The Grand Floral Pavilion formed the centrepiece of the show and featured the UK’s finest nurseries and growers, giving expert advice and gardening ideas, all competing to win the coveted Best in Show award. Outside the pavilion was th...

We can escape ideological madness by convicting Trump This path requires wisdom and courage by Republicans and Democrats. By Adam Rowe The Republicans in the winter of 1860-1861, even more than Democrats today, were terrified that their victory in the presidential election might be overthrown by a lawless attack on the nation’s capital. Abraham Lincoln had won the election with just 40% of the popular vote. Very few major party candidates in American history have ever lost a presidential el...

EDITORS NOTE: This story was originally published on Oct. 19, 2019 by the Ohio History Connection. Richland Source has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Ohio History Connection to share content across our sites. Under the shadow of nightfall on Oct. 16, 1859 (that’s 161 years ago this fall), famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) abolitionist John Brown led 21 men across the Potomac River into the Virginia village of Harpers Ferry. Brown, an ardent abolitionist, be...