I know it’s probably cheating, but here’s something that I posted over a decade ago on the occasion of Labor Day. If anything, I think it’s even more appropriate today, seeing as how Michigan has since become a so-called “right to work” state, and we now how have an unquestionably anti-worker administration running our country. […]
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A big “thank you” to all those who died in the Chicago rail yards so that we might have the day off to grill hot dogs… Happy Labor Day
Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Adam Schiff, Alexander Acosta, American Railway Union, Annual Day of Yard Work, anti-worker, Chicago, company town, Donald Trump, Eugene Debs, Governor Altgeld, Grover Cleveland, Labor Day, Marvin Kaplan, Patrick Pizzella, Pullman, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman strike, Richard Olney, Socialism, strikes, tax cuts, the threat of Socialism, unions, William Emanuel, workers rights 17 Comments
Daniel Avery, the War of 1812, and the Illinois land bounty that brought my family west
OK, as long as we’re talking about David Avery’s service during the Revolutionary War military under Colonel William Prescott, I should probably mention that he wasn’t the only one of my ancestors to fight against the British. His son, Daniel Avery, fought them again in the War of 1812, and, ultimately, that’s what brought this […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 13th Infantry, 1817, Avery, Battle of Bunker Hill, Black Hawk War, bounty, bounty lands, Daniel Avery, David Avery, Dorothy Lambie, genealogy, Illinois Military Tract, Illinois River, James Monroe, John Fink, John L. Fink, Mark's ancestors, Meskwaki, military service, Mississippi River, Native Americans, New York, Revolutionary War, Robert Avery, Sackets Harbor, Sauk, Schuyler, Thomas Forsyth, War against the British, War of 1812 12 Comments
Thankfully, Jean Henry’s ancestor did not get my ancestor killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill
On this site a few days ago, in a conversation about the misdeeds of our ancestors, Jean Henry mentioned that a relative of hers, Colonel Ephraim Doolittle of Shoreham, Vermont, was likely responsible for the deaths of many men in his command at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June of 1775. Doolittle and his […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1765, 1775, Arthur Lee "Pickle" Avery, Asa Lawrence, Battle of Bunker Hill, Beardstown, Boston, Breed's Hill, Charles Babbidge, Church of Christ, Continental 7th, cowardice, Daniel Avery, David Avery, Doolittle Regiment, Ephraim Doolittle, genealogy, George Washington, Groton, Isles of Shoals, Jean Henry, Mark's ancestors, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, minute-men, New Hampshire, Pepperell, Pepperrel, Revolutionary War, Sarah Horn, Schuyler, Townsend, William Prescott 21 Comments