The photo captures a meeting of the Stonewall AR church in its first building on the banks of the Cache River, next to the old post office. The quality of the original is poor. Continue reading
Tag: history
What will you be remembered for?
On 13 December 1835, American Episcopal preacher Phillips Brooks was born.
Brooks, an eloquent pulpiteer, produced 10 volumes of sermons, but he is best remembered today as the author of a Christmas carol that he wrote in 1868 for the children of his Sunday School. Continue reading
Julia Ward Howe died in 1910 on this date
In 1861 abolitionist Julia Ward Howe penned one of America’s most famous songs of all time. Continue reading