Yeoman's in the Fork Blog

Do you remember how the mere mention of a field trip when you were in school sent you flying off to higher places and dreaming of days spent away from what you perceived as the most boring job on earth? School was a drag, only made fun and interesting by lunch, friends and field trips. That is exactly how I remember it and have only now begun to appreciate the education and street smarts I picked up along the way while in school. This past week, Yeoman's played host to a group of amazing students from Franklin Christian Academy. I must say that the entire group gets my vote for class of the year. These guys and gals were quiet, polite, interested and genuinely fun to be around if only for an hour. I seriously cannot ever imagine being interested in historical documents and/or rare books when I was 14, but it gives me a glimmer of hope for our society that this group really had questions and took in the history that they soon realized was around them while here at Yeoman's. If only I had started at that age...

I want to thank Taylor Clement, Headmaster Hugh Harris, the amazing students who endured my boring chatter and all the others who came out last week from Franklin Christian Academy. One of the core missions at Yeoman's in the Fork is to share as well as sell. We are simply caretakers of history and realize that the history that surrounds us belongs to all of us as much as it belongs to the client who purchases it. We enjoy and share while we have these little bits of history and you have helped us in this endeavor. Your visit with us brings out the best in us and we can't thank you enough. We look forward to hosting you in the future and appreciate you very much.

Mike Cotter, Director of Operations

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