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    20th September 1829 – Twenty-fifth Entry

    The sharing of this journal shares the story of twenty five enslaved people owned by the Alexander, McCluer and Wilson families on their way to Missouri…While the enslaved people handled the children, cooked the evening meal, set up the tents, gathered water at the river and fed the livestock, William Campbell entered the day’s activities into his journal…

    September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 by Dorris Keeven-Franke

    19 September 1829 – Twenty-fourth Entry

    Entered Lexington, KY, a large town with many fine brick houses, but it has the appearance to be declining. No new buildings are going up. It has got its growth. Took road to Frankfort. Staid that night at William McCluer’s 7 miles from Lexington.

    September 19, 2020September 20, 2020 by Dorris Keeven-Franke

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    History – We All Have It

    History – We All Have It

    I recently completed extensive research on the 150 historic properties that line St. Charles Main Street, the most famous Main Street of Missouri.

    Missouri’s Emancipation Day

    Missouri’s Emancipation Day

    Originally posted on Missouri Germans Consortium:
    AN ORDINANCE ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN MISSOURI Be it ordained by People of the State of Missouri, in Convention assembled That hereafter, in this State, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; and all persons held…

    The Emancipation Monument

    The Emancipation Monument

    Originally posted on ArcherAlexander.blog:
    “I warmly congratulate you upon the highly interesting object which has caused you to assemble in such numbers and spirit as you have today. This occasion is in some respects remarkable…Wise and thoughtful men of our race, who shall come after us…will make a note of this occasion, they will…

    The first Thanksgiving

    The first Thanksgiving

    That first Thanksgiving celebration was not in Plymouth, Massachusetts. While the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest feast in fall 1621, and early colonial leaders did declare days of thanksgiving when we were supposed to give our thanks for continued life. Today we celebrate Thanksgiving because of the crisis that we call the Civil War. Lincoln had declared a Proclamation appointing the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer on October 3, 1863.

    A Veterans Salute

    A Veterans Salute

    According to family legend this Revolutionary War Veteran heard the first reading of the Declaration of Independence.

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