History Night

Thursday evening, 21 January, we met for an evening of history. Our leaders created five presentations or activities centered on some important figures from American history. The five included Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Clara Barton, Martin Luther King, and George Washington. Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and a Union spy. during the American Civil War. Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. Clara Barton was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She worked as a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, and as a teacher and patent clerk. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. And of course, George Washington was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.