Teddy Roosevelt

Who are the four presidents on Mt. Rushmore? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Which one was the first famous environmentalist? From 1901 to 1909, he designated 150 National Forests, five National Parks and other conservation projects. Before he thought about and cared for the environment, there were few protections. This Republican, Teddy Roosevelt, is rarely given credit for his work. He was like a teddy bear to his constituents, but he helped the real bears and all wildlife as well as the people.
Who was the youngest president? At the age of 42, he became president, younger than JFK. Which one busted big companies who were trying to control certain industries like the Sugar industry and Oil industry? Teddy was a trustbuster. Who helped millions to earn a living wage with the Square Deal? Who built up the Navy establishing America as a major world power? Who began the Panama Canal? Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the end to the Russo-Japanese War? He was the first American in 1906 to win any Nobel Prize too. Who reduced the national debt by over $90,000,000? Who secured the passage of regulation of the railroads? Who promoted the Inspection Act to have meat inspections? Who secured consumer protection with the Pure Food and Drug Act? Theodore Roosevelt. These were done when he was president. He had other accomplishments as New York governor and a private citizen who founded National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Just as Abraham Lincoln advocated freedom for slaves this Republican believed in women's rights. As the leader of the Progressive or Bull Moose Party, he welcomed women into leadership positions as no major party had before. The party advocated women's rights including voting. He said, "Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly." in An Autobiography, 1913. And "Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back the children in whose hands rests the future of the years. "
He had many famous quotes like: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." And "Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally—I do not mean figuratively, but literally—impossible for us to figure what that loss would be if these teachings were removed. We would lose all the standards by which we now judge both public and private morals; all the standards towards which we, with more or less resolution, strive to raise ourselves."
Born October 27, 1838, he is often overlooked because of his niece Eleanor Roosevelt who was First Lady during a war. Most of the more promoted presidents were vanguards of our nation like the other three men on Mt. Rushmore.

Book review on Deanna Klingel's book

Book Review by Jan Parys
Avery’s Battlefield
By Deanna K. Klingel
Avery’s Battlefield is the story of a boy, a dog and their search for peace in the first years of the Civil War. This historical fiction book is for young adults but its facts and insights in the novel will be interesting to adults as well. Author Deanna Klingel has “notes” at the end of the book about “What’s True and What Isn’t” that shows her research delved even into the weather. Weather played an important role in the fourteen year old man’s travel from Kanawha Valley to Alexandria by foot. The battles, towns and events are true history and even some of the names such as the photographer, Matthew Brady, are real.
The Kanawha Valley became West Virginia and the Quakers who lived in it were the main characters in the story. The story told by Avery Bennett’s viewpoint makes it almost neutral. Avery and his dog, Gunner, are truly amazing and have knowledge and skill far above the average boy and dog. The book is about the years 1861-1862 and falls on the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. In September Ms. Klingel second book in the series, Avery’s Crossroad, will be available and may be bought from Amazon just as this book now can be. The adventures in this book are quite astounding and their solutions are very clever. The book is ideal for any young man to learn about history and natural health.
The people and subplots make the story move quickly and are educational at the same time. The educational aspect is slipped in among the story so the reader will learn and not even realize it is like a textbook. So many people don’t have fond memories of school and history so they don’t think they like history. Enjoyable books like Avery’s Battlefield help make history interesting and even exciting. The story is available on Kindle also for $2.99.

New Bern Clergyman shows what's in a name

Drury Lacy The clerical family man.

Bill Hand wrote: "Drury Lacy is my favorite name in all of New Bern history. It suggests a character of dry wit and sophistication, while in slant-rhyme with 'Drury Lane' oozes a fine irony: Drury Lane being, in that day, the very soul of carnality as London's Broadway; Drury Lacy being the very soul of spirituality as an educated and dedicated man of God." Bill notices "his deep devotion to his family." "Drury was one of those Virginia boys, born in 1802 to a prominent clergyman and professor of the same name in Prince Edward County." (He went to) Union Theological Seminar- Presbyterian (In) Sept., 1833 (he went) to New Bern. (He) brought (his) wife and child; (A) second child James Horace, (was born in)
1835.

Nat Turner Had a Huge Effect

Before Nat Turner's rebellion, North Carolina was quite lenient with slaves. Then Virginia and South Carolina officials really complained and slaves appeared to be more inclines to want their freedom as opposed to more dependency in the past.
Answers.com says, "Nat Turner was a black preacher who led an 1831 uprising in Southampton County, Virginia in which at least 55 whites were killed by a group of about 50 slaves. Turner was a deeply religious man who claimed to have visions and directives from God. On the night of 21 August 1831 he led four other slaves (Henry, Hark, Nelson and Sam) on a murderous spree near the town of Jerusalem, killing men, women and children in their beds. By the next day his mob had grown to at least 40 or 50, but the local militia confronted and captured most of them. Turner escaped, but was eventually captured in October and tried. He was hanged and skinned 11 November 1831. Before he was executed, he described his actions to Thomas R. Gray, and 'The Confessions of Nat Turner' was later widely published in newspapers. Turner's failed rebellion led to hundreds of blacks being murdered by white vigilante mobs, and spurred a new set of strict codes that limited the activities of slaves."