Political Quotes

“Mr. President, on January 14, 2025, Norwich, VT, lost a beloved member of one of the town's oldest farming families. David Pierce grew up on a small dairy farm on a hill with a view down the valley, less than a mile from Dan & Whit's General Store in the center of town. His father, known by all as ``Bub,'' was the farmer. His mother Janet cared for David and his sister Deb and took in other children when their parents were out of town, as well as tending to her big vegetable garden. She later became long-time town clerk of Norwich. David attended the local Norwich elementary school through eighth grade when he went across the river to Hanover High in Hanover, NH. From an early age, David spent weekends and summers mowing and baling hay and helping with the many chores that come with raising and milking cows. Early spring was spent with his father in the maple sugar house. After high school, he attended the University of Vermont, where he studied physics and did graduate work at nearby Dartmouth College and the University of Massachusetts. He went on to teach physics and astronomy at Tabor Academy in Marion, MA, for 47 years, while still spending summers helping with the mowing and hay baling back in Norwich. He was a familiar sight driving the John Deere tractor in local fields and through town, wearing his shiny metal hardhat.…”