Author: Erik Loomis
This is the grave of William Wells Brown. Brown was born into slavery in approximately 1814 to a planter in Kentucky. His mother was a slave woman who had seven.
On October 14, 1840, proceedings began in Commonwealth v. Hunt, a critical early legal case that, two years later, established the right of workers to strike in the United States..
This is the grave of Arthur Fiedler. Born in 1894 in Boston, Fiedler grew up the son of Jewish immigrants from Austria who were musicians. His father was a violinist.
This is the grave of Eugene McCarthy. Born in 1916 in Watkins, Minnesota, McCarthy grew up a hard-core Irish-German Catholic. He went to Catholic school and then Saint John's University.
Spectators use paper bags over their heads during the first half of an NFL football game between the New York Jets and the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, in.
This is the grave of Isaac Hull. Born in 1773 in Derby, Connecticut, Hull grew up on the water. His father was a ship captain trading in the West Indies.
This is the grave of O.O. Howard. Oliver Otis Howard was born in Leeds, Maine in 1830. His father, a farmer, died, when the boy was 9 years old. But.
This is the grave of Jay Cooke. Born in 1821 in Sandusky, Ohio, Cooke grew up in a strong Whig household. His father was a Ohio state legislator and served.