History

What some of us in the old group wrote together as things unfolded, now kept here outside of Facebook feeds, where good posts and threads soon sink out of sight.

Our Group’s Story

Posts about some of the history of our current group, in the order they were written, including those from July and August 2022, as members of the Unofficial HCR FB group found their way to a new home.

To All UNOFFICIAL HCR Discussion Room FB Group Members
By John Fridinger / July 5, 2022

To All UNOFFICIAL HCR Discussion Room FB Group Members

I have been the sole primary Administrator of the UNOFFICIAL Heather Cox Richardson Resource and Discussion Room Facebook private group since the previous sole primary Administrator, Rana Suzan, asked, vetted and then made me so on June 29, 2021... I...

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Sunflower Post
By PureLight / July 6, 2022

Sunflower Post

Below is John Fridinger's most recent post that is still extant in the Unofficial HCR Discussion Group... It may not be there for much longer.. Here is a link to it https://www.facebook.com/groups/HCRresource/permalink/1192442901613325 . If you are into scrolling a bit,...

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New HCR Discussion Group
By Melanie O'Donnell / July 14, 2022

New HCR Discussion Group

Thank you for coming to explore the new Discussion Group we are envisioning. We have followed the daily Letters from An American written by Heather Cox Richardson for many months. She seemingly never fails to instruct us and cause us...

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Temporary Home
By Elizabeth Wescott / July 14, 2022

Temporary Home

Thanks so much for following the link we provided to you. No, this isn’t a new Unofficial HCR Discussion Facebook group…..not yet. This is a temporary home for those of us who nurtured the original Unofficial FB page as we...

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The Narrative Below…
By Melanie O'Donnell / July 20, 2022

The Narrative Below…

The narrative further below, written by John Fridinger who was the sole Administrator of the Unofficial HRC Discussion and Resource Facebook private group for the past year, is his recap of what transpired just before July 3, 2022 and immediately...

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We’re Up and Running!
By Elizabeth Wescott / July 23, 2022

We’re Up and Running!

On July 3rd I had no idea what had been happening behind the scenes on the Unofficial HCR page, nor that all of us would be affected by it.  It wasn't until mid-evening, when I received a PM from John,...

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The Elephant In The Room
By John Fridinger / July 24, 2022

The Elephant In The Room

I believe it may be time for at least some of us as a group to begin discussing our original group’s takeover, hijack or coup, whichever term you prefer, on July 3… ?? Discuss how we can come to some...

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Open Letter to Heather Cox Richardson
By John Fridinger / August 8, 2022

Open Letter to Heather Cox Richardson

Dear Professor Richardson, In late 2019, a Facebook group was created called The UNOFFICIAL Heather Cox Richardson Resource and Discussion Room.  Three folks came up with the concept and one of them, Bec Kemp, opened the group from her FB...

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Open Letter to Bec Kemp (aka Becky S. Kemp) of Rockland, Maine
By John Fridinger / August 20, 2022

Open Letter to Bec Kemp (aka Becky S. Kemp) of Rockland, Maine

You have co-opted, stolen (in fact if not law), destroyed and/or deleted the hard work, creative output and efforts of scores and scores of people…  Altogether a huge amount of productivity, creativity and shared efforts you did not even slightly...

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