Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
Way down in Vir-gin-i-a, near a small creek, called Bridg-es Creek, there is a shaft of white stone;--on it is the name of George Wash-ing-ton and the date of his birth: Feb-ru-ar-y 22d, 1732.
When he left his home to go to Wash-ing-ton, a great crowd came to see him off, but he was so sad he could not say much to them. There were plots to kill him at this time, and h...
4. Chapter 4As a boy, the life of John Ty-ler was much the same as that of the boys of to-day. He was born on March 29th, 1790, in Charles Cit-y, Vir-gin-i-a, at a time when the whole land...
2. Chapter 2As a small boy, though, of course, he was taught to read and write, John Ad-ams had a good deal of hard work to do. There was wood to chop, and snow to be cleared a-way; there w...
6. Chapter 6Two years from the time that Ar-thur came home, and right in the midst of his law work, he died in New York Cit-y; this was on No-vem-ber 18th, 1886; and he was laid to rest in...
1. Chapter 1Way down in Vir-gin-i-a, near a small creek, called Bridg-es Creek, there is a shaft of white stone;--on it is the name of George Wash-ing-ton and the date of his birth: Feb-ru-...
3. Chapter 3He was bur-ied in New York, but on the one hun-dredth an-ni-ver-sa-ry of his birth, his bod-y was tak-en to Rich-mond, Vir-gin-i-a, and a hand-some stone raised o-ver his grave.