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...