Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
May 12, 2019

WWII Era Sauerkraut Viennese Recipe

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When I was younger, my grandmother made cabbage weekly. Cabbage fried in soy sauce and topped with ketchup or cabbage stuffed with grou...
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April 21, 2014

Interview with Deborah Hill, Author of This is the House

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I was extremely lucky to get to interview Deborah Hill,  author of the Kingsland series . Her journey is a dream come true for many histor...
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February 26, 2014

Civil War Trust Park Day, 2014

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  For everyone who hasn't heard, April 5 will be this year's CWT Park Day. Park Day is an open call for volunteers to help prese...
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November 19, 2013

10 Fun History Podcasts to Listen to this Winter

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wikigallery.org  The holidays are coming up which means I'm going to be spending more time than usual cleaning the house. I don'...
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November 11, 2013

Myths in History: Why Do Myths Prevail?

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Last week, I wrote a post entitled " Legends Never Die ," which discussed the various lies or myths that I hear on a regular ba...
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November 4, 2013

Legends Never Die: Myths in History

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I told a lie at work.  A big, big lie and I am ashamed. A few weeks ago I was at work when I had a group of school students who had be...
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July 22, 2013

Help a Historic House Museum!

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Historic Cherry Hill   in Albany New York is in danger of foreclosing if they don't raise $152,000 by the end of July. The historic ...
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April 5, 2013

New History Based Reality Show?

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Today's laugh comes to us by way of Michael Lynch at Past in the Present via the American Historical Association. ...
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November 5, 2012

Remember, Remember the 5th of November

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Explosives placed under a government building by  a group of religious extremists? Sounds like something we'd see on the news.  On the...
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August 23, 2012

Soldier Letter from Antietam

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"Federal buried, Confederate unburied" LOC   Army of the Potomac, October 6th 1862 Dear Brother--I was surprised to ...
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March 20, 2012

Opportunities for Amateur Historians

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We romanticize the job of historians. We imagine them as erudite, old men, bent over old tomes with hair disheveled and glasses firmly...
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March 8, 2012

"Stop Televised Looting?"

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  It’s a dream. You reluctantly go out back on your day off to start digging a garden exactly where your wife wants it. With each shovelful...
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February 18, 2012

There's a Word for That: Presentism

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 " presentism /'prezen,tiz ə m/ n. uncritical adherence to present-day attitudes, esp. the tendency to interpret past events in ...
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January 17, 2012

Trip to Antietam

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This past trip, I finally got to visit Antietam. It was my first time going and although it was very windy, we still got to see everything...
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January 4, 2012

Confederate Prices "What a Dinner Cost in 1864"

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When reading primary sources from the Civil War, people of the time often mention the prices of various items. Many times you can feel the...
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