This book just got delivered to our house. Thanks Claudia. Much of it is based on the private daily notes of one of American’s preeminent diarists who wrote about the Nations capital for decades before the Civil War broke out. After our own January 6th it seems more important to see what happened leading up to Abraham Lincoln in the 1860’s. Political murder and attack was a big part of it according to Mr. French’s record keeping.
Any doubts about my concerns can be confirmed by looking back at my past snow sculptures like for instance this one and this one