Contents
1887 Martha
Persistence
1892 Alice
Purpose
Martha (1892)
An Early Exposure
1893 Hamorton
Home
1894 Isabella
Destiny
1896 Alice
An Experiential Artist
1897 Martha
A Trip to Mother Archie’s
1897 Alice
A Trip to Mother Archie’s
1897 Alice
Home Schooling
1898 Alice and Martha at School
Lessons
1900 Ireland
Possibilities
1900 Isabella
As a Kid in Ireland
1905 Martha
A Southern Education
1905 Alice
Loneliness at Thirteen
1907 Martha
The Defining Moment
1909 Martha
Graduation and Beyond
1909 Alice
A Southern Education
1909 Isabella
As a Teen in Ireland
1911 Alice
A Defining Moment
1913 Alice
Graduation
1918 Martha
Martha and James Talk
1918 Martha
My Good Men
1919 Alice
Alice’s Art Gallery
1920 Martha
All Together
1920 Alice
All Together
1920 Alice
Alice and John Talking
1921 Isabella
Alexander’s Troubles
1921 Isabella
Marriage and the Land
1921 Isabella
Immigration
1931 Alice
Finally, A Mom
1931 Isabella
Kaolin, PA
1945 Martha
Red Ball Express
1945 Isabella
Burma
1946
The Gold Star Mothers
1946 Martha
Joining the Gold Star
1948 Martha
After the Second World War
1949 Martha
Lost and Found In Our Work
1949 Martha
What About the Schools
1950 Alice
1950 Martha
For My Friend
1951 Alice
Alice the Gold Star Motivator
1951 Martha
Perfect Partners
1952 Isabella
Alexander Dies
1952 Isabella
Joining the Mothers
1952 Isabella
Martha and Alice
1953 Martha
Criticizing the North
1953 Martha
Attacking the South
1954
The Nation and Civil Rights
1954 Alice
The Return
1954 Alice
Finding a Truthfulness
1954 Alice
Social Aches
1956 Martha
She Goes
1956 Alice
Devastation Returns
1956 Martha
Eulogy
1957 Isabella
Struggling With Powers
1957 Isabella
The Kennett Hypocrisy
1958 Alice
A Charged Art Show
1958 Isabella
Tuffies vs Grey Sox
1958 Isabella
The Three of Us
1959 Alice
The Southern Folly (No Thanks)
1960 Alice
Tired of the Lack of Effort
1960 Isabella
Gone Just the Same
1961 Alice
Proud of Isabella
1962 Isabella
Raising Clay
1963 Alice
She’s Gone Too
1963 Alice
Eulogy
1967 Isabella
Clay KIA
1970 Isabella
I Miss the Days
1975 Isabella
Leaving the Mothers
1977 Isabella
Going Home to Northern Ireland
1980 Isabella
Eulogy
1887 Martha
Persistence
The little village of Hamorton
Was ready when Martha Harrison was born,
Ready to share its lessons of the past
To this granddaughter of a former slave.
Her sense of action would be strong.
She would never stray from that value.
People were waiting for Martha to be born
So what history started could be continued.
A life of action would be her legacy
Just as her family had taught her.
Martha’s birth started something
Worthy of this little village, Hamorton.
1892 Alice
Purpose
The little village of Hamorton
Was ready when Alice Burke was born.
Ready to share it’s lessons of the past
That Alice would carry forward proudly.
Her sense of justice would be strong.
She would never stray from that value.
People were waiting for Alice to be born
So what history started could be continued.
Lessons of tolerance would be her legacy
Just as her family had taught her.
Alice’s birth started something
Worthy of this little village, Hamorton.