Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was a senator for New Hampshire, a lawyer, and a general during the Mexican American War prior to being elected president in 1853. He was considered by the Democratic party as a candidate which would not divide the party more on the issue of slavery. Pierce and his wife, Jane, had…
Tours of the Harlan-Lincoln House with current and former Mount Pleasant residents often lead to conversations about the visitor’s previous interactions with the house and their personal connections to its history. Sometimes, these discussions lead to unique stories. In 2019, the Mount Pleasant Community High School Class of 1969 toured the museum as part of…
A sepia-tone photographic print of a juvenile elephant in front of the Harlan-Lincoln House was shared in the museum’s spring newsletter. The photographic print has been dated to April 28th, 1960. According to The Mount Pleasant News, “A baby elephant brought in by the Republican students and tethered near the Harlan Lincoln home, was an…
Thrice. Thrice. Thrice I have seen her cry. My five-year-old eyes fixed on a screen. Wondering why smoke and fire came from the buildings. The eyes of other kids, in their orange, plastic chairs, were watching when the buildings fell. The teacher said nothing. I went home crying in confusion as the green titan wept…
What’s the point in having hope? Haven’t you seen the world? Bombs are booming. Towers are toppling. Tyrants are terrorizing. Evil is emerging. What’s the point in having hope? Look around you? Forests are few. Endangered becomes extinct. Erratic lights erase luminous stars. Pollution populates ‘round the poplar tree. What’s the point in having hope?…