Travel Challenge Answer July 2008
Wow, either this month’s Travel Challenge wasn’t as tough as I thought it might be or we have some wonderfully smart readers. (I prefer to think the latter.)
Congratulations to Nancy, Denny, and Martha for supplying the correct answer.
While we were in Rhode Island last summer I was able to dive into Nathanael Greene’s story by visiting his house. He truly gave his all in the fight for American Independence. Despite his pacifist Quaker background, Greene played an important role in the Continental Army. He held General George Washington in such high esteem that he named a daughter Martha, and a son George Washington.
Heavily in debt after the war, Greene moved his family from Rhode Island to a plantation in South Carolina. Greene and his wife, Caty, worked hard on the land hoping to turn a profit but Greene died within a year. Caty struggled on eventually receiving restitution from the U.S. government for General Greene’s war related expenses. Caty hired a tutor to help with the children’s education which is when Eli Whitney was introduced to the cotton ginning process. And the rest, as they say is history…
Thank you to everyone who participated!
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