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And I know how little financial return there can be for all that hard work.Īs a tiny farmer now in Laurel Fork, I worry about the fate of small farms here in Carroll County. I raised my three children on family farms I know first-hand how much work it is to tend to critters and grow a crop. Since then, I have been raising livestock, making hay, gardening, and planting orchards for 67 years. The farm has been in our family since the 1760s and is still operated by my cousins.īack in the 50s, when I was a tiny sprout, my parents grew produce for market, raised laying hens and Black Angus cattle. I was born on a family farm in Appalachia, not far from here in West Virginia. Pollster Katie Gwinn, a tiny farm owner in Laurel Fork, launched the effort in part out of concern about the fate of small farms here in Carroll County after seeing scores of farmers in the last five years shut down and sell out, mostly to big out-of-state corporations. Project Mountain Pride is seeking input, be it for or against aerial spraying in Carroll. The flag wav­ing over Fort McKen­na in the recent pho­to is a repli­ca of the actu­al flag wit­nessed by Frances Scott Key on Sep­tem­ber 14, 1812, inspir­ing “The Star-​Spangled Ban­ner” which offi­cial­ly became the nation­al anthem of the Unit­ed States of Amer­i­ca in 1931.A helicopter awaits its spray applicator tanks being filled.

In the mean­time, read about the restora­tion and preser­va­tion of the orig­i­nal flag at Smith­son­ian Mag­a­zine. (One sur­pris­ing fact unfold­ed after anoth­er dur­ing research.) You will be noti­fied when Amper­Art #179 Land of the Free & Home of the Brave is updat­ed, most like­ly mid-2022. Of spe­cial note is that Fran­cis Scott Key actu­al­ly penned an amper­sand in the phrase “o’er the land of the free & the home of the brave.” Good going, Frank!ĭevel­op­ment of this post has been sus­pend­ed until time allows for a com­pre­hen­sive com­pi­la­tion of sto­ries and images. The his­to­ry of “The Star-​Spangled Ban­ner” - the nation­al anthem of the USA - is fas­ci­nat­ing. This is a high-​resolution pdf & may take a few minutes to download.

#179 Land of the Free & Home of the BraveĬlick image to view full size or download poster for gallery-​quality printing & framing.