The First Presbyterian Church turns 300
“The interior of the edifice presents a novel and yet a very agreeable and impressive aspect. It is of the perpendicular Gothic Style, without columns to sustain the long extending […]
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George Washington as Roman Emperor
“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.” —George Washington (1732–1799) By his peers and the public, George Washington was considered such a man, virtuous to a very high […]
George Washington: the Ultimate Veteran
“I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection; that he would incline the hearts of […]
Chalk It Up to a Good Cause
“Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate […]
Finding Shakespeare in Surprising Places
“I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs,dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to […]
An Older Christmas Tree Tradition
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, Your branches green delight us. They’re green when summer days are bright: They’re green when winter snow is white. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas […]
World War I Memorials, Part Two
“It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance.” […]
A Long Shadow
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) Abraham Lincoln and […]
A Sign for Our Times
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” —Mark Twain (1835–1910) Mark Twain lived in the Village for many years; see one of the […]
Do You Believe in Magic?
“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) This advice given by Herr Goethe is more fitting to […]
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