Nov 15, 2011 | LCA Main Blog
"If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are." –Madeleine L'Engle ...
Nov 14, 2011 | LCA Main Blog
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. ~Thich Nhat Hanh Story Corps fourth annual National Day of Listening is Nov. 25, 2011. Each year Story Corps invites all Americans to set aside an hour on the day after Thanksgiving, to...
Oct 18, 2011 | LCA Main Blog
Seashore Farmers Lodge in Charleston, S.C. to Receive Preservation Honor Award October 17, 2011 | Contact pr@nthp.org or 202-588-6141 Washington, D.C.—The National Trust for Historic Preservation will present its Preservation Honor Award for the...
Jul 27, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Several Firsts in Maryland Slave Dwelling at Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, Maryland Saturday, July 9, 2011 found me at Sotterley Plantation in Hollywood, Maryland. Southwest Airlines deserves credit for allowing this stay and lecture to fit perfectly...
Jul 12, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Slavery in the North Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the City of Brotherly Love, these are all things we associate with the city of Philadelphia. I find it ironic that the purpose of my last stay in Philadelphia was to highlight that peculiar...
Jul 4, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Sleeping in a Relocated Slave Dwelling Visitors at Roper Mountain Science Center, Greenville, SC Saturday, June 11, 2011 found me in Greenville, SC to stay at Roper Mountain Science Center in a former slave dwelling that was disassembled from its...
Jun 18, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Slave Dwelling Project Visits Bellamy Mansion Bellamy Mansion, Wilmington, NC Sunday, May 15 found me spending the night at Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington, NC. I arrived there around 4:45 pm which was good because the young lady working there did not have prior...
Jun 6, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Aiken Rhett House, Charleston, SC Saturday, April 30, 2011 found me at the Aiken Rhett House in Charleston, SC to spend the night in a former slave dwelling located there. I went there the day before with my daughter Jocelyn who had spent the night with me...
Jun 1, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Slave Dwelling Project Receives Warm Welcome in Missouri “Before Joseph McGill’s visit during the 3rd week of April, very little recognition of Missouri’s Little Dixie slave cabins could be found beyond my own efforts with my program “Little Cabins.” I...
May 28, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Left to Right: Michael Bedenbaugh, Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation; Jeremy Thomas, New Owner Laurelwood Plantation; Joseph McGill, Slave Dwelling Project While my last few stays afforded me the opportunities to stay in slave dwellings in the states of...
