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Recreating Civil War Bullets Fused in Midair

In this video Destin of Smarter Every Day attempts to recreate an amazing artifact in the Smithsonian Museum of two…

11 months ago

Did the Puritans Incite War to Capture Slaves?

English Attack during the Pequot War A while back I was reading The Problem of Slavery in Christian America by…

1 year ago

William Poague: A Storm of Grapeshot in the Wilderness

Pogue It was early dawn in the Wilderness. An eerie quiet pervaded the dim light of the morning. On the…

1 year ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Penobscot

While in Maine this summer we visited the other Pilgrim trading post in the area - Penobscot, or Fort Pentagoet,…

1 year ago

Is the New American Civil War Museum Ashamed of Their Artifacts?

The American Civil War Museum I’ve had the opportunity to go to quite a few history museums, and one of…

1 year ago

The Mayflower Compact: Why It Mattered

When the Pilgrims arrived off of the coast of New England, before they landed, they signed a document called the…

1 year ago

All the Books and Poems of William Bradford

Plymouth Grist Mill This will be a pretty quick post, but I thought it would be worth assembling in one…

1 year ago

Mary Brewster: The Chief Lady of Plymouth

Depiction of the First Thanksgiving The smoke curled upward from an open-air fire as the smell of roasting turkey filled…

1 year ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Monhegan Island

Once Bradford arrived in Plymouth, the furthest he is recorded making was to Monhegan, a little island ten miles off…

2 years ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Cushnoc Trading Post

As I research the life of William Bradford for a new biography, I plan over the next few years to…

2 years ago