Monologue – by Margaret Theresa Brown Forsberg We waited all day, sitting out of doors for the First Zeppelin, to fly over head. All the folks gathered at Bertha Horowitz’s yard to watch, finally Mother made the announcement that she had to start cooking for supper, we all went into the house, we were waiting,…
Harriet Flanagan – High School Student Council
1920-1940s – Margaret Brown & Karl Forsberg Karl always wanted to own a business and at one time and place he had a hot dog and bait store on the Forge Pond, South brand of the Metedeconk. He was trying to get control of his life after rejecting his eight-year romance with Gladys. She was…
Richard Hankins – Revolutionary War Patriot Remember the movie ‘The Patriot’ starring Mel Gibson? Mel Gibson’s character played the historical ‘Swamp Fox’ and my research points to the fact that our ancestor fought under the Swamp Fox and survived!!! More to come on this.. Marion showed himself to be a singularly able leader of irregular militiamen. Unlike…
James V of Scotland James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor, and during his childhood Scotland was governed by regents, firstly by his mother until…
Revolutionary War Patriots fought in the Battle at Indian Castle “The Great Upper Castle of the Mohawks, 1700-1779” At Indian Castle was the Upper Castle of the Mohawks, the village of the Bear clan, at the outbreak of the Revolution (1775), the Lower Castle, the village of the Wolf clan, being at Fort Hunter. After…
David Hamilton – Revolutionary War Letter in Revolutionary War Pension File: While residing in said Sharon [on?] May 1775 he enlisted and served as a private five months in Captain William G. Hubbell’s Company, Colonel Charles Webb’s Connecticut Regiment. In May 1786 he enlisted and served as a private five months in Captain Simeon Smith’s…
Jean Stewart Campbell Birth 1537 Scotland Death 7 Jan 1588 (aged 50–51) City of Edinburgh, Scotland Burial Abbey of Holyrood Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland Add to Map Memorial ID 132906775 · View Source Lady Jean Stewart (also known as Jane Stuart; c. 1533[1] – 7 January 1587/88) was an illegitimate daughter of King James V of Scotland by his…
WWII Documentary of H. M. Brown Activation On Tuesday, June 15, 1943, the 63rd Division was activated (to place a military unit on an active status in an assigned capacity) all we had to do now was to get the men necessary to fill the unmanned positions and procure the equipment to go with it. For…
David Hamilton’s Revolutionary War Service (7th Great Grand Uncle) David enlisted with the Connecticut state troops in May 1775, reenlisted, enlisted with the Continental Army, was severely wounded at Germantown, was taken prisoner, released, returned to his company, and discharged due in Nov 1780 to his disabilities received in battle. David’s testimony, which seems…