No shortage of memorials to wars and warriors. How about one for Chatham native son George Moses Horton?

Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:48:49 +0000
From: Al Cooke
Subject: Memorial

There seems no shortage of memorials to wars and warriors.  If you’d like to underwrite a memorial to someone for our children to look up to, consider a Chatham native son who suffered the indignities of slavery by learning to read and write and became a published poet – George Moses Horton.

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Al Cooke
Extension Agent, Horticulture
Chatham County Center, N.C. Cooperative Extension
PO Box 279, Pittsboro, NC  27312
919.542-8202;
Fax 919.542.8246

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