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November 3, 2015
Osprey Publishing examines the Forts of the Frontier
Originally posted on Frontier Battles:
Many of you may be familiar with Osprey Publishing, which produces hundreds of titles...
The steps of Abraham Lincoln and John Washington–the Farmer’s Bank Building
Originally posted on Mysteries and Conundrums:
From John Hennessy [we wrote about Lincoln’s visit to Fredericksburg and the bank building here. We wrote about the bank building more broadly here, and Lincoln’s visit generally here.]:
Abraham Lincoln spent an afternoon in Fredericksburg, on May 23, 1862. We know his route through town, we know what he saw, we know some of the people he met.
But atonly one spot we can place him in our mind’s eye with certainty: the former Farmer’s Bank/Nationa...
Abe, Steve, Breck and Bell: A Multi-Colored Map
A fascinating bit of history
Originally posted on Presidential History Blog:
If one “back-lit” the now traditional red-blue election map, one would find FIVE colors in the 1860s elections. The Unionists and Secessionists were about to collide in the irrepressible conflict.
The Black States:
In this case, the “black” colored states were not states at all. They were U.S. territories. Some were “Indian lands.” It is true that there were dozens of towns and cities within the traditio...
Dracula’s Castle
Originally posted on History Witch:
Happy Halloween!!!!
In celebration of my favorite holiday, I’ve painted Bran Castle.
This castle was the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s, Dracula.
Although there is no evidence that Stoker ever visited the castle, it does have a very dark history.
Stoker’s Dracula was based on an actual villain, Vlad the Impaler. In the 1400s, Vlad ruled Transylvania. He was a terrifying and cruel rulerandresponsible for 80,000 deaths- mostly those who opposed his reign. Dr...
November 2, 2015
The Strait of Magellan: A passage through time and space.
Originally posted on www.seanmunger.com:
Four hundred and ninety-five years ago today, on November 1, 1520, a small fleet of Spanish ships commanded by Ferdinand Magellan entered the mouth of a small waterway near the southern tip of South America. Magellan and his navigators were hoping to find a passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean which would enable European ships to circumnavigate the globe, and the stormy, wind-swept wastes of this forbidding passage seemed to offer a tantali...
November: Dark Fairytales
Originally posted on horroraddicts.net:
Because most fairy tales contain a dark side, the term Dark Fairy Tales is repetitive to me. The term fairy tale is defined as,
A magical and imaginary tale, usually with a happy ending.
However, I think it’s all in the eye of the beholder. A tale like Hansel and Gretel is not a happy ending for the poor little old lady that just wanted kids out of her yard.
In my opinion, fairy tales are lessons in how to treat people. The modern version of Cinderella...
Valentinian I: The last of the triumphant Roman emperors in the west.
Originally posted on The History of the Byzantine Empire:
Valentinian is sometimes described as a brooding and violent man. Ammianus Marcellinus, in particular, does not mince his words describing Valentinian’s famous anger, ‘His very voice and expression, his gait and his complexion changed when he was in a rage.’ Ammianus doesn’t stop there finding other significant faults in his character particularly his strictness and cruelty. For instance, Valentinian dealt harshly with members of the...
Henry VII’s Coronation: The Beginning of the Tudor Dynasty
Originally posted on tudors & other histories:
On the thirtieth of October 1485, two months after his unlikely triumph at Bosworth, Henry Tudor, formerly the Earl of Richmond, was crowned at Westminster Abbey. His uncle Jasper had the honor of holding the crown while his stepfather, Thomas Stanley, carried the sword of state. The two men had been amply rewarded days before when they’d been created duke of Bedford and Earl of Derby respectively.
The ceremony was performed by the John Shirwoo...
November 1, 2015
Ghostly evidence of murder
Originally posted on All Things Georgian:
In our last blog we gave a tale of an eighteenth-century ghost who helped a girl find a hoard of buried coins beneath the stone flags on the floor of her cottage. Today we discuss another ghost who initially seemed equally as helpful, but this one was bent on revealing a murderer rather than a treasure trove and was not what it initially seemed.
The report was circulated in the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, dated the 18th March 1762, and began w...
Claudette Colvin
Originally posted on Claudette Colvin’s name has become a footnote in the history of the Civil Rights Movement, superseded by that of Rosa Parks – who was made famous for doing exactly what Claudette had done months before.
Claudette Colvin was born in 1939 and grew up in Mongomery, Alabama – the city which would later become famous for the bus boycott which many consider to be the start of the Civil Rights Movement in America.
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