by Rick Boyer | Oct 6, 2017 | History Stories
From our A Tidbit from History Series… Francis Lewis represented New York in signing the Declaration of Independence. In 1775 he was elected to the Continental Congress and shortly thereafter moved his family to a comfortable estate on Long Island. But, it was a...
by Rick Boyer | Sep 25, 2017 | A Peek into Uncle Rick's Life
Hey, little buddies! I’d like you to meet my buddy, Mosby. Mosby came to me as a roly-poly, eight-week-old puppy. He is a yellow Labrador Retriever and his puppy coat was nearly white! He loved to chew on things and chase things, as puppies always do. It had...
by Rick Boyer | Sep 19, 2017 | History Stories
When Roger Sherman came to the Continental Congress from Connecticut, he did not present a very impressive figure. He had a thick New England accent and often gestured energetically with his hands as he spoke. But it wasn’t long before he earned the respect of...
by Rick Boyer | Sep 12, 2017 | Character Lessons
Hey, little buddies! Let me ask you something: do you like to argue? I’ve known some people who would rather argue than agree with the other guy, even if what they were arguing about wasn’t important at all. It’s as if they are so proud of their...
by Rick Boyer | Aug 29, 2017 | History Stories
It was the evening of the 18th of April, 1775. Elbridge Gerry, a member of the Continental Congress from Massachusetts was staying overnight in a house near Menotomoy with his friend, Colonel Orne. There had been a meeting of a Congressional committee that day in...
by Rick Boyer | Aug 25, 2017 | A Peek into Uncle Rick's Life
On July 29th of this year, Mrs. Marilyn and I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary. Well, we didn’t exactly celebrate it on the very day. But a couple of days later we took off on a very special trip to the little town of Lexington, Virginia. Lexington is an...
by Rick Boyer | Aug 14, 2017 | Character Lessons
An Uncle Rick Character Lesson On Christmas morning of 2002, my son Nate walked into our living room and dropped a little gift on to the lap of his little sister, Carrie. The present wasn’t just for Carrie but for the whole family. It was a puppy! The tiny black...
by Rick Boyer | Jul 21, 2017 | A Peek into Uncle Rick's Life
One thing in my life that I really, really, love is family night. That’s when my children and grandchildren all come up to my house for a special time. Sometimes not everybody can come…maybe someone has to work, or if there are sick grand kids, they have...
by Rick Boyer | Jul 3, 2017 | History Stories
“The “how” and the “why” of our beloved republic are so much better understood than the “who.” The United States of America was born in 1776 but it was conceived 169 years before that. The earliest settlers had watered the new...
by Rick Boyer | Jun 21, 2017 | A Peek into Uncle Rick's Life
Hey, little buddies! We have new puppies at my house! Can you guess what they look like? This is their daddy. His name is Mosby. Mosby is a yellow Labrador Retriever. His coat is a very light yellow. This is their Mom. Her name is Abigail Adams. She is a Bloodhound...
