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Lucien Fewell shot James Clark after he apparently ran off with Lucien's 16-year-old sister. The murder trial that followed featured two Confederate generals and a former Virginia governor. What was the verdict? (also on Amazon.com)
Tag Archives: History
Biographer’s Day
National Biographers’ Day is celebrated annually on the day that Samuel Johnson met his biographer, James Boswell, in 1763. I have somehow never read Boswell, but I have pretty much always loved biographies. The school library at my grade school … Continue reading
Stars and Stripes Forever Day
I don’t know where it comes from, but I am a sucker for patriotic marches, and I would argue that this one is the grandaddy of them all. It’s rousing, it’s fun to play, and as far as I know, … Continue reading
Jamestown Day
How much do you know about Jamestown? My first brush with the topic was when I was four or five and got a book about Pocahontas. Learned all about the English settlement and then about the Pilgrims and the Mayflower, … Continue reading
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Tagged History, Jamestown, Living History, Recognition Day, Travel, Virginia
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Paranormal Day
A million years ago, I wrote a book about a murder trial. You can still buy it (just look to the right). The year the book came out, the historic site where the murder (and the trial) took place held … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Family, Ghosts, History, Recognition Day, Writing
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Historic Marker Day
When I was a kid, my parents insisted we were too poor to fly anywhere, so we took a lot of road trips. Mostly, we went from California to Illinois and back to visit family. I don’t remember a lot … Continue reading
Borinqueneers Day
I have to admit, I only decided to blog about this day because Borinqueneers was such a weird word and I’d never heard it. Turns out the Borinqueneers are the 65th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army. It comes from … Continue reading
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Tagged Borinqueneers, History, Puerto Rico, Recognition Day, War
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Winston Churchill Day
Churchill is probably my favorite historical figure. I’ve mentioned before that one of my tattoos is “KBO”—that came from him. Because he was far more eloquent and a much better writer than I can ever hope to be, I’ll let … Continue reading
Tattoo Day
I have three tattoos: An eye of Horus on each ankle, and a KBO under my wedding rings. I got my ankles done in my 20s. My mother had spent the better part of a decade forbidding me to get … Continue reading
Bibliomania Day
I am delighted to report that this day is an observance of what the word actually means, which is a mental disorder obsession with books, not just a love of them. (That’s bibliophilia.) This day commemorates the weird story of … Continue reading
Evacuation Day in Boston
Evacuation Day is celebrated on March 17 in Massachusetts. It commemorates when, in 1776, George Washington and the Continental Army drove Loyalists and British forces out of Boston, ending an 11-month siege. In history class, you read a lot about … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Revolution, Boston, History, Recognition Day, Revolutionary War
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