We survived another winter!! With the warmer temps I love to get out and enjoy nature. Of course Amy and I always love a good photo shoot as well. That dragon fly I discovered just resting on the porch. He was huge. He was a very good subject, sitting still while I got my shot. And as you can see the apple blossoms have come out to grace us with their presence. We have a lot to celebrate.
The book was very interesting. Read wrote the book shortly after he discovered that his great grandfather had been one of the ring leaders of the mob - one of three people to spend a short time in prison for it. The questions started flooding into my mind. There were 10,000 people in the mob. Was our grandfather involved? Certainly he would have at least known people who were involved. Did dad ever discuss anything of what he'd heard of the lynching with any of you? It sounds like the girl who claimed she was raped lived real close to our house in West Duluth.
Unbelievably, the picture above was made into a postcard! Can you imagine sending a postcard like that?
In the book Mr. Read roams back and forth between the lynchings, his mother's dysfunctional family, and then his own dysfunctional upbringing.
A memorial has been established - the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial - to the memory of the three young men who were killed that day. It's right across the street from where the lynching took place (2nd Av E and 1st St I believe).
Have any of you seen it? The opening ceremony was in 2003. (Video)
