Monthly Archives: June 2011

Father’s Day

Posted on June 19, 2011 by lynda

  Bishop Milton Wright is perhaps best known as the individual who fathered the famous brothers, Orville and Wilbur, who pioneered flight.  But Bishop Milton Wright was also a dynamic and occasionally controversial spiritual leader within the United Brethren Church.  … Continue reading →

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First Action

Posted on June 17, 2011 by john

William L. Patterson and the 1st OVI arrived in Washington, D. C. on May 29, 1861.  On June 17, 1861 the 1st OVI was sent by train to Vienna, Virginia.  When they were rounding a curve, about a quarter mile … Continue reading →

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