The person Miller and other historians credit for the modern incarnation of Thanksgiving is Sarah Josepha Hale. Hale wrote about the New England traditions of Thanksgiving in her 1827 book "Northwood; ...
Henry Taylor was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who drew on his upbringing in rural Northern Virginia to write exquisitely crafted verses about wild places.
Cecil Kelly (Oct. 2 letter to the editor), and Richard Cripe (Oct. 23 letter to the editor), have offered their opinions regarding the library board, what it is doing, and why. I’d like to respond.