Oct. 5, 2023
How about a little local history for Oct. 5?
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Thomas Hawkins used a jackknife to scrape away the paint on the carriage and found at least a dozen coats, including one called “peach-blow.”
War of 1812 - War of 1812 - War: Neither the British in Canada nor the United States were prepared for war. Americans were inordinately optimistic in 1812. William Eustis, the U.S. secretary of war, stated, “We can take the Canadas without soldiers, we have only to send officers into the province and the people…will rally round our standard.” Henry Clay said that “the militia of Kentucky are alone competent to place Montreal and Upper Canada at your feet.” And Thomas Jefferson famously wrote The British government, preoccupied with the European conflict, saw American hostilities as...
I am an inveterate book buyer (worse since the pandemic began) and have so much reading material in my house that I am not sure I will ever be able to say I…
I am an inveterate book buyer (worse since the pandemic began) and have so much reading material in my house that I am not sure I will ever be able to say I…