opening
a door to the future...
An
attic is defined as "floor consisting of open space
at the top of a house just below the roof; often used for storage."
When
homes were built with abundant attic space, families stored
old things there they could not bear to part with -- books,
pictures, furnishings, toys, maybe a hand-cranked Victrola long-since
replaced by one that plugs into an electrical outlet.
Liberty
Fund D.C. has an attic full of reminders of what we have done
and what still needs to be done. The Liberty Team is combing
it for potential supporters and inspiration. Climb the steps.
Join us. But watch for the spirits, and don't let the bats scare
you away. Come back often. Each time you'll find something new
in the past.
Sit
down on the floor beside us. Lift the lid of the old gray trunk.
Reach in and take a trip into our past. Welcome the spirits of
liberty-seekers into your mind. Please excuse the clutter. In
that condition, spirits give their best performances.
As
you return to the living level, do take away some knowledge and
some determination from the past. Every
name and every document you find in the attic bears a clue that
offers this project the future it deserves.
Be
sure to remind past supporters that it is okay to embrace the
liberty-seekers again.
But
leave the bats
behind.
| miss
messer's fifth grade class picture,
Waterloo, Iowa |
senator
grassley contributes to enjoli wise's and student's efforts... |
| A
list of names of Ms. Messer's students |
general
colin powell receives award |
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inmates to classmates, maurice explains his vision
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Photo:
Phillis Wheatley lobbies Congress |
| Photo:
July 4, 1985, march with DAR to memorial site |
president
ronald reagan honors black patriots... |
| Article:
July 4, 1985, march with DAR to memorial site |
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Editorial:
Washington Post on march with DAR to memorial site
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February
25 1988 Maurice Barboza receives Proclamation from Lucien
Blackwell Philadelphia City Council, Supporters at a Reception
in City Hall, Philadelphia |
| waterloo
class collects cans |
Descendants
testify: Judge Lawrence Pierce, Robert Lunney, Esq. and Maurice
Barboza |
| Thurmond's
Biracial Daughter Seeks to Join Confederacy Group |
President
George H.W. Bush, Maurice A. Barboza, Chairman Joint Chiefs
of Staff Colin L Powell, in Oval Office 1991. President Bush
makes donation. |
| "One Man's Dream," editorial, The Washington Times, March 1988 |
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