Marek 2000-2099, Concord, constitution, David Souter, education, NH people, politics

Civic Ignorance (w/ Justice David Souter)

A comics discussion with former Supreme Court Justice David Souter...

Marek education, Henniker, NH people

Sarah Wilder Patterson

Drawn from a portrait in the reading room at Tucker Free Library (Henniker, NH): Like her husband James, Sarah was also a teacher.... The portrait is by NH painter Joseph Alexander Ames, who is of course the brother of Nathan Ames, the famous inventor of the modern escalator.

Marek Civil War, education, Freedmen, Henniker, NH people, NH places, politics

James Willis Patterson

Drawn from a portrait in the reading room at Tucker Free Library (Henniker, NH): Patterson taught school in New Hampshire, and later served as a Republican member of Congress during the Civil War, where he supported the establishment of Freedmen's Schools in the South. [Also see James W. Patterson on Wikipedia]