Patriot Echoes – Illuminating 250 years of patriot heritage.
- March 6, 1809, 217 years ago — Death of Thomas Heyward Jr..
- March 6, 1724, 302 years ago — Birth of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress.
- March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
Science and Human Comfort
"Scientific development should extend the comforts of life to a much enlarged circle, to those who had before known its necessaries only. "
Letter to Benjamin Rush