Monthly Archives: February 2010
New Deal or Raw Deal: FDR’s Great Depression Policies, Part II
(Please see Part I first if you have not done so already) Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered office on the heels of the 1932 collapse of the American Financial system. The floor fell out of the economy. At the time of … Continue reading
Abraham Lincoln… Vampire Hunter
Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother’s bedside. She’s been stricken with something the old-timers call “Milk Sickness.” “My baby boy…” she whispers before … Continue reading
An Interesting Question…
Here’s an interesting question: “If a piece of the presidential record remains stowed in a drawer, is it history or history waiting to happen?” The discovery of a previously unknown personal letter by Thomas Jefferson this past December, written sometime … Continue reading
History in a Pickle Jar
A Time Capsule was unearthed that was buried about 1850, from the news piece: Athol (Massachusetts) Historical Society President Susannah Whipps-Lee said the time capsule — which has yet to be opened — was made from an old glass container … Continue reading
Early Draft of Constitution found in Philadelphia
One of the thrills of delving into any historical archives is holding a piece of history in your hands. I remember when I visited the Wisconsin State Archives while researching my book on the The 11th Wisconsin in the Civil … Continue reading
The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of the American Revolution
To be sure, Americans have always been against large standing armies, yet we are the poster child for the Military Industrial Complex. For that matter, we have been ardent anti-tax; anti-big government; ect, ect. And what have we evolved into? … Continue reading