December 5, Andy Cooper will begin a two part program on the Battle of Gettysburg at the Surry County Civil War Round Table meeting at the Mount Airy Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Click here to read this month's newsletter. http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/newsletter.htm This month Birthday History on December 8 and November 4. The Journey To Jamestown Begins 400 years ago this month. Tom Perry will speak to the Surry County NC Genealogical Society on January 8 at 7 p.m. at Surry Community College on Stoneman's Raid. "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." --Winston Churchill Tom Perry P. O. Box 50 Ararat VA 24053 276-692-5300 www.freestateofpatrick.com --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.