Witchflower Days: $10 Man, a Thinker, and "Cry, the Beloved Country"

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

$10 Man, a Thinker, and "Cry, the Beloved Country"

Birthday of Alexander Hamilton (1755, some sources say 1757), one of the founding fathers of the USA. (He’s on the $10 bill.) He was born in the British West Indies, and grew up on the tiny island of Nevis, where his father abandoned the family and his mother died when he was just a boy. He was... Sign in to see full entry.

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