Historical Quote of the Day

ƒ??I consider what I have just now done to be among the most important acts of my life, second only to my signing the Declaration of Independence, if indeed, it be even second to that.ƒ?

Charles Carroll, the last surviving signatory of the Declaration of Independence. The event was the ceremonial turning of the first sod of earth to begin work on the Baltimore & Ohio, Americaƒ??s pioneering railroad. The date, inevitably, was Independence Day, July 4, 1828