Theorian bane of historian that your special feel that you love so much, when you mention it to other people day, they have never heard of it. They dont know who those people were or that this happened. I do not have that problem, because everyone is heard of the puritans. Say the. Tents to anyone in america, they know who you are talking about. The problem is what they know about who you are talking about. If you type puritans into a Search Engine as i did or if you mention the puritans to people, this is what they imagine. Fiendish punishers. We all read the scarlet letter. People who like to put people and the stocks and humiliate them publicly. We think of their religion as extreme and a little bit more like a clut,ult, a harsh, unforgiving religion. And, of course, we cannot get away from the witch trials. Anne hutchinson and the witch trials. Those are the first things people think of. Our imagination runs away with us on that one. Often wondered why this is, why the puritans hav
I dont have that problem because everyone has heard of the puritans. Puritans to anyone. If you type puritans into a Search Engine or mention it to people, this is what they imagine. We all read the Scarlet Letter and we think of puritans as people who liked to put people in the stocks and humiliate them publicly. We think of their religion as extreme and more like a cult, a harsh, unforgiving religion. And, of course, you cant it away from the witch trials. And hutchinson and the witch trials, those are the first things people think of. Our imagination runs away with us on that one. Why thisten wondered is. Why do that your urgent have such a negative reputation . I think there are two reasons. First of all, in the early 1800s, after the war of 1812, which most americans felt like we had one and we were feeling kind of stable and strong as a nation, there was a lot of looking back to the founding. To look back to the puritans. In the first half of the 19th century, there was a lot of
Firearms, the a. T. F. Needs to bring in so many resources. In annapolis, brad bell, abc 7 news. Brad, thank you. It is now one week to the day of that smoke incident on board a metro train and friends and family came together to honor the one victim. 61yearold carol glover died of smoke inhalation as she waited to be rescued from the yellow line train. Suzanne kennedy is live at the Lenfant Plaza metro station with more on todays memorial. Suzanne . Autria carol glover was riding home on that yellow line train from her position as a senior systems analyst, a contract job that she held with the federal government. Today, family and friends gathered at the Capitol Hill Baptist Church to remember her life and grieve her death. Eight people offered their memories of the 61yearold washington, d. C. Native. Her son her sister, and her mother told of a woman with unconditional love for friends and family. A devout christian who lived a complete life. Shes a wonderful woman. She was a godly w
Michigan’s record education budget includes $150 million set aside for tutoring to help students recover from pandemic learning loss. But the state’s strict approval process means a wait until possibly March for the money.