A few months ago, our city council appointed me to the position of city historian. It was an honor to be chosen as the keeper of our historical gates. At that city council meeting, I told a story that I will never forget.
I was in a meeting about attracting tourists to our area, and someone said that we could not attract people because our city had no history. At that point, I rattled off a list of people and events from our past. When I finished, this person said that we did not have real history like a presidential home.
Forty-three people have served as president. That means that there are a ton of cities that do not have presidential homes. They have history, and they attract tourists.
At my appointment meeting, I stated my goal that no one would make that statement again.
As city historian, I have inventoried the artifacts and documents at our local museum, and I have joined our historic commission. However, I have not spread the word about our city’s interesting history.
To fix that in a small way, I started a Twitter account @LebanonHistory to share short stories about the past. If you have Twitter and are interested in history, then I would appreciate the follow.
SBI: A Thinning Crowd 
After reading the first bit, I couldn’t help but think of about a dozen movies I’ve seen on the Hallmark Channel and Lifetime. Possibly starring Sam Elliott.
It’s hard to beat Sam.
What a totally cool job! And what an opportunity for an historian. Congratulations!!
Thank you. I’m going to try and do some good work.
Congratulations Rick. I don’t know if we have a city historian now, since ours passed away a few months ago. That is such a neat job, more fun than work when you love what you do. enjoy this. It suits you well.
Thank you. It’s been fun so far. Of course, history is a fun subject.
It was always one of my favorites.
Well done Rick! Congratulations and all the best! And yeah, that twitter account has one more follower.
Thanks for following. It’s a lot of local stuff, but you might find an interesting fact or two.
Congrats on the position!!!
Thanks. So far, it’s been fun.
I’m just a tad behind on my blog reading. Congratulations! I’m following the Twitter account now with my Return to the ’80s and Rhode Runner accounts.
Thanks. Hopefully, you will find some of our local history interesting.