“A generation
which
ignores history has no past and no future.”
Robert Heinlein
1907-1988
(American science-fiction writer)
SUPPORT THE
HISTORIC BRICK
WALK
by Martha Clayton Clement
Do you or your
family have ancestral
ties to
“Brick sales will also help
to fund the
“The
“The center will gather threatened structures that are
important to the history of the county – structures such as a
smokehouse, a
blacksmith shop, a church, a schoolhouse, and a barn. These structures
will be
preserved and used as the setting for hands-on exhibits, living history
demonstrations, heritage craft workshops, native and historic
plantings, and a
working garden.”
“Together with the local history museum at the Old
Courthouse, the
(Copied with
permission
from the Historical Society’s brochure promoting the Brick Walk
Project.)
Like the quotation at the beginning of
this article, our generation and our children’s generation should
acknowledge
the sacrifices and hardships our ancestors endured. What better way to
remember
them than that of placing your own commemorative brick alongside those
other