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A GATHERING PLACE FOR STROUTS TO DISCUSS, DEBATE AND DONATE TO LEGACY PROJECTS MEANT TO ENSURE THE STROUT PLACE IN AMERICAβS HISTORY
WHO ARE THE STROUTS & SPOUSES PICTURED ABOVE?
FOLLOW OUR INSTAGRAM FEED FOR DETAILS AND STORIES!
Ada Dinsmore Strout (1869-1942)
Check out Strouts.org for Strout Stories, Strout Origins, legacy projects and join our mailing list! π
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Capt. Joshua Strout (1825-1906) βοΈ
One of four generations of Strouts to maintain the Portland Head Lighthouse since its construction in 1791, Joshua is rumored to have inspired the Longfellow poem, "The Lighthouse."
Capt. Strout is one of the Generational Strouts whose stories you'll find at Strouts.org! π
Captain Carl Strout (1882-1947) of Maine became one of the most well-known steamship merchants on the West Coast.
In 1919, the Seattle Daily Times lauded Strout's safekeeping of 403,000 troops aboard his ship the Yale over 17 months in WWI, "dodging Germany's swiftest submarines."
Happy Monday from Sarah A. Strout (1942-1892) βοΈ
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Daughter of Minnesota Union Captain Richard Strout, Sarah married A.A. Ames, who became known as the "Shame of Minneapolis" for turning his office into a citywide crime ring.
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Learn more at Strouts.org! π
Epic July 4 parade in Plymouth πΊπΈπ
On a summer trip to the town of Eastham, MA, where our first American ancestor, Christopher Strout, helped the English colonize the Cape Code Wampanoag, we noticed the area was dotted with both Native American and English settler names. These were neighbors and spouses of the Strouts - yet no mention of them. Their centuries-old tombstones were weather-beaten and disregarded.
It reminded us that legacy isn't built by accident - as the North American colonizers knew all too well, it happens in committees and through lawsuits and the generations-long, conscious effort to make history remember your name.
The new Strouts.org is an innovative community hub dedicated to restoring and preserving the proper historical place of the Strouts in early Colonial America and today, as well as acknowledging and helping right the wrongs that got us (and other families prominently featured in the area) where we are in the first place - specifically the enslavement and genocide of Native Americans and Africans.
We can't do this alone -- Strouts.org will be a centralized planning area for these legacy projects, where Strouts around the world can suggest their own regional projects or offer historical expertise, which will be needed for any legislative renaming efforts or recognitions, such as Strout Days. Maybe a reunion??
Let's figure this out together! Join us at strouts.org and donate to one of our current projects!
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