The Roses and the Lilies

by

John Presco

Copyright 2020

Today is June 21, 2020.  I may be the only historian who can pen this history without threats and ridicule. I am the family historian of Senator Thomas Hart Benton, his daughter, Jessie, and her husband, John Fremont who was the first to emancipate American slaves. I am the only historian who can restore the history that has been torn down by angry mobs who came to believe they have the right to tear down what they did not make. Who made their anger? Did not a white man make them angry?

An hour ago I began this essay/story after being awoke at 5:00. I had a dream about the Rosamond Family Motto. This post was written in an hour. I believe a Higher Power assisted me.

In looking at the history of Saint Louis, King of France, I found…