| Rugby: The Power of A Dream, part I | ||
| "We are about to open a town here. To create a new center of human life, human interests, human activities in this strangely beautiful solitude. We must be careful to spoil it as little as possible." -Thomas Hughes Time stands still at Rugby, Tennessee - the restored Victorian village founded in 1880 by British author and social reformer, Thomas Hughes. It was to be a cooperative, class-free, agricultural community for younger sons of English gentry and others wishing to start life anew in America. In part 1 of this series, Thomas Hughes ventures to the new world to start a colony that follows the ideas he came to dedicate his life towards. For more information please visit http://www.historicrugby.org |
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