Moments in History

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A Historic Program Found

In 2018, the estate "Grassland" was being prepared for auction and the postal unit (left), telephone system, and several boxes of "stuff"...

Letters of Recantation 1742

In the 1740s, Colonial America was in the midst of a religious "Great Awakening". The passion of the Puritan growth of the early-to-mid...

Mold - P-U!

Please, protect your special treasures properly. It is sad when you see the damage that is done by moisture when something is saved in a...

July 2nd, our "real" Independence Day?

Here we are, another July 4th looming when we celebrate "Independence Day". Time again to ponder "why" don't we celebrate July 2nd? ...

Happy Birthday, Dolley!

Watercolor by Quaker Artist John B. Collins - 1869 May 20, 1768 Dolley Payne was born at New Garden settlement in North Carolina. Her...

Only in Orange!

Of the two settings of the Charters of Freedom in Virginia, only Orange will have the addition of the major Civil Rights amendments and...

The Only One - Henry Hill

(Trigger warning, the term “negro” as it originated from the Spanish term for black, is used in one or more direct quotations in this...

#24. The Council With the Blackfeet (continued)

While a number of Native Americans had been skirmishing with Americans, “the Blackfeet, had been conducting an unofficial war on...

# 23: Council With the Blackfeet

From the 7th through the 11th both Tinkham and Lt. Saxtons teams traversed, in different directions, over rather rough terrain with no...

Bathing Fashion Reflects Society's Rules

History, as a study, is multi-faceted; interconnecting societal structure with economics, fashions, food, etiquette, architecture, art,...

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