A review of the latest album, The Tunnel Sessions, by Maddy Walsh from The Blind Spots, which was inspired by a tunnel in central Pennsylvania and the pandemic
Maddy Walsh’s Tunnel of Love
The Music
Elizabeth heard the sirens blaring, a clangor that drove her to the window of her city apartment to see the tires screeching down the street below. But there was nothing---not an ambulance, not a fire truck, not even a single police car. Her husband, comfortably reading the New York Times in his winged-back chair, sat …
Isaac Post’s Resolution to the Bridgewater Baptist Church Regarding Slavery
In my biographical sketch of Isaac Post earlier this year, I highlighted the schism that Post created within the the Bridgewater Baptist Church in Montrose, Pennyslvania. I believe his support for the immediate and full emancipation of American slaves to be the definitive moment of his life, and up until recently, I had only secondary …
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Isaac Post, 1843
They say you changed, you defected--- joining the ranks of the county’s Anti-Slavery Society. But you stood tall, as your name suggests, committed to your conviction, regardless of any whipping words, at least that’s what I’ve gathered so far. Indeed, there were others before and after, and there will continue to be others, as has …
A.M.E Zion Church on Berry Street in Montrose, Pennyslvania
In honor of Black History Month, I'd like to remind everyone of the thriving Black churches that used to exist in Montrose, Pa. Not only did our town have the AME Zion Church on Berry Street, but also the Bethel Church on Chenango Street.
The White Whale 