Tommia's Tablet

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
~Abraham Lincoln

“Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.” ~Marilyn vos Savant

“Writing is an extreme privilege but it’s also a gift. It’s a gift to yourself and it’s a gift of giving a story to someone.” ~ Amy Tan

“It’s wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.” ~ Helen Keller

Bex Eagle by Lorenzo E. Ghiglieri

This impressive piece by Lorenzo Ghiglieri greets those entering the park. The plaque reads:

“Freedom’s Symbol”

Free men must re-dedicate themselves to the cause of freedom. They must understand with a new certainty of conviction that the cause of freedom is the cause of the human individual. Human individuality is the basis of every value – spiritual, moral, intellectual, creative – in human life.

Freedom is the right to one’s soul: the right of each person to approach God in his own way and by his own means. It is a mans right to possess his mind and conscience for himself. To those who put their trust in freedom, the state can  have no sovereignty over the mind or soul –must be the servant of man’s reason, not the master.”

“There are two freedoms – the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.” ~Charles Kingsley

“I’ve had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I’ve had, I’m happy that I’ve had them because it’s taught me to appreciate all the ups.” ~ Patti LaBelle

Reflection on the Rappahannock River

“Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.” ~ Mikhail Lermontov