A real Hero!
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gafinfanSupporterOPFeb 22, 2009, 11:55 PM
While reading another post in this forum my interest was aroused by the name of Harriet Tubman. I had seen this womans name before but really knew little of her story. It is, as they say, a read humdinger!!:up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman
While the people in the light get all the glory its the grunts who own the night that are the true heroes.:up::wink2:
This is the only thing I’ve learned: There’s only us. There’s no them. Despots and authoritarians need to make a “them” to have a straw man whom you are against. If you need to make an enemy of “them,” you’ve lost the spirit of us. - Ken Burns of PBS