Today Linda and I drove to Hopewell National Historic Site near Reading to pick Staymen and Winesap apples in the orchard maintained at the site. You pay a dollar a pound, and we picked enough for a pie and apple jelly. We also toured the iron works where cannons were forged for the American Revolution.
After the site was acquired by the national government, much of it was rebuilt in the Thirties by the Civilian Conservation Corps. That was a time when Congress approved of programs to create jobs, and the jobs helped to rebuild America.
Most of the staff we encountered were volunteers. These are people who give their time to preserve the heritage of America. What a contrast to the ideology of selfishness espoused by the Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman and Ron Paul.
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