Monument 14 Cover:Paperback when Major General Gordon Granger

when Major General Gordon Granger announced the end of legalized slavery in the state

And he was a gifted artist

a former elementary school teacher

In this lively picture book

Monument 14 Cover:Paperback when Major General Gordon GrangerYour mother hollers that you're going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don't stop and hug her and tell her you love her. You don't thank her for being a good, kind, patient mother. Of course notyou launch yourself down the stairs and make a run for the corner. Only, if it's the last time you'll ever see your mother, you sort of start to wish you'd stopped and did those things. Maybe even missed the bus. But the bus was