I am pleased to announce that Capital One Credit Card & The Bowden Foundation are now in partnership. The Mary & Patty Bowden Foundation was founded by me in 1999, and has been hard pressed for funding. With this latest offer, I am able to begin some of the projects near and dear to me (like offering scholarships). The way it works is for each person applying for a credit card through The Bowden Foundation Website, The Bowden Foundation receives a donation. We also receive a donation for… Continue

SOMETIMES YOU JUST SIT AND THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE IMPACTED YOUR LIFE, AND MAYBE YOU DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THEM AT THE TIME, BECAUSE YOU WERE YOUNG AND FULL OF YOURSELF.
TONIGHT, I AM THINKING ABOUT MY GREAT GRANDMA; WHO WE CALLED "MAMMIE" OR "AUNT PHINE".
SHE WAS A LITTLE INDIAN WOMAN WHO DRESSED SORTA LIKE GRANNY CLAMPETT, WITH THE LONG SKIRTS AND HIGH TOP BOOTS. SHE COULD FOLD HER FEET UP AND SIT ON THEM AND SHE TIED STRING IN HER HAIR TO KEEP HER BRAIDS.
SHE ALSO WAS A MID-WIFE IN CREW… Continue

I WONDER IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME KNOW WHY MY MOTHER VIRGINIA, [DAUGHTER OF JENNIE VIRGINIA GREEN], WOULD GET MAD AT MY FATHER, [CHARLES EARL HARMON], AND CALL HIM A "BOOT".
WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL IN AMITYVILLE LONG ISLAND, THE DAY AFTER ST. PATRICKS DAY WAS CALLED ST. BOOTY'S DAY AND WE ALL WORE RED/GREEN.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS?
PAT HARMON

Henry Green was born about 1808 in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Although little is known about his family, he referred to himself as Mulatto. He was a part of the Christiana resistance which took place in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. He fought in the 41st United States Colored Troops out of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Sometime after the Civil War, he married his first wife, Susanna Green, who was born in Delaware. Susanna Greens mother was Lydia Davis, a Mulatto born in Delaware. Lydia ma… Continue