Gallaudet and the Bicentennial of Deaf Education

Thomas Gallaudet intended to be a preacher of the gospel from a young age, but  God intervened in a most unusual way.  In 1814, after graduating from Andover Theological Seminary, he resided in Hartford, Connecticut.  On May 25 of 1814 he observed nine year old Alice Cogswell watching other children play and not being included. …