Longtown Sends Out an Important Message
. The city of Longtown was founded in the 1800’s, for nearly two centuries, this town had different races building friendships and families. Multiple lessons can be learned from this town and we can apply these lessons to Riverside in order to make our town a better place. For example, I learned that anybody is capable of achieving success, no matter what their status is in life. The article “ Ohio town holds rare history: Races mix freely for nearly 200 years”, says that the founder of this town was “ a freed slave from Virginia who became a rich farmer.“ Therefore, he must’ve been confident and hardworking to achieve such success. “As long as I have anything to do with it, Longtown won’t die. “
. The city of Longtown was founded in the 1800’s, for nearly two centuries, this town had different races building friendships and families. Multiple lessons can be learned from this town and we can apply these lessons to Riverside in order to make our town a better place. For example, I learned that anybody is capable of achieving success, no matter what their status is in life. The article “ Ohio town holds rare history: Races mix freely for nearly 200 years”, says that the founder of this town was “ a freed slave from Virginia who became a rich farmer.“ Therefore, he must’ve been confident and hardworking to achieve such success. “As long as I have anything to do with it, Longtown won’t die. “