This was a fun day! Battle of Bunker's Hill reenactment, June 2025, Gloucester, MA. The rebels eventually lost this battle because they ran out of gunpowder . But, they held on long enough to give the Regulars a pretty bad beating. Note the antique garbage can. It is early January 2026 and I am preparing a new long-form journal article, as well as a companion presentation, regarding 1776 and Norwich, Connecticut. I can prove the tremendous roles ordinary Norwich people played

Did Faith actually witness this famous battle? Visiting the area on June 17, 1775 exposed her to war. I have enjoyed watching Ken Burns' documentary, The American Revolution, and appreciate all the hard work that has gone into it . However, I was more than a bit disturbed by the lack of screen time for colonial Connecticut merchants and politicians that did so much for the war during the first few years. Connecticut merchants and their associates (i.e. ship captains) fed and

Had a fun discovery this week while visiting Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, MA. Lovely New England fall day, nostalgia in the air, leaves turning, Route Two beauty, mountains, antique homes, late summer flowers, it was a perfect day in my mind. Probably Seventeenth-Century Connecticut River Valley Blanket Chest at the Ashley House. We were making our way down "The Street" and we stepped into the historic Ashley House for a tour. I spied in the corner of the parlor a needle

I have made a strategic decision to put aside my main project of book writing, to be somewhat involved with America 250 and...

Very early Dutch map of Lower Manhattan. Notice the curved lanes and streets. Bowling Green is located at the beginning of Broadway. Wall...

What was nineteenth-century New England farmlife like?