Nelson Jackson and his friend, Sewall Crocker, were honored as the first to cross the United States in an automobile.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

After she graduated, a friend suggested she try to establish the first public school in the state of New Jersey.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

She met her first husband through a family friend.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

"But first and foremost, this man before us today was our brother, our son,our father,and our friend."

VOA: standard.2009.07.07