My shoulder and any president that puts his hand on your shoulder gets your attention. Reagan was one of those historic figures. He said look it took us half a century to get into this mess. I have been the first seven years. Maybe you guys will have to do the heavy lifting on your own later. This is particularly special to me because so many people in this room have been a part of the process of my writing the book. I mean, everybody. Im looking around and seeing people who counseled me through the book proposal writing process and encouraged me when i thought i could never get it done, friends who called me up to find out about how the book was doing, my family, husbands here, so many people here who basically help me get a book done, and so its really awesome to be sitting here tonight in a room full of people who have supported me along the way. I even think, actually, over a couple years ago when we moved to maplewood six years ago getting coffee across the street, with a lot of y
Yall didnt know you were going to get a show tonight, but it is friday night, so got to have some kind of a show. You know, ive found that the best time machine is music. Books are a close second, and i really try to transport the reader back in time with my books, but music gets you there instantly, you know . You hear a bob dylan song, youre back in the 60s, you hear a Stephen Foster song, youre back in the 19th century. So lets go back in time to 19th century missouri when even during the worst of times in a civil war and later the notorious jamesyounger game, people had great songs and great music that they sang. [applause] thank you. All right. 1876. You know, that summer, june 25th on the banks of the little big horn river, montana territory, George Armstrong custer and american 200 men under his command are wiped out by lakota and cheyenne warriors. That summer, a former lawman with long flowing locks was shot in the head in deadwood, south dakota. Wild bill hick come. There wer
Dr. Ron Cohn of Wilkesboro will be a voting delegate representing the 5th Congressional District at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisc., on July 15-18.