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How to raise a history lover: 6 ways
The summer I was ten, my parents took me to visit the restored town of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. We stepped into the musical instrument shop where I watched craftsmen constructing violins. That year I had started learning to play … Continue reading
An American gun story
I’d never seen a national park in development so I seized the opportunity at a recent conference I attended in Hartford, Connecticut. If all goes as planned, Coltsville National Historical Park will one day preserve a major manufacturing story of America. … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, city/town, industry, military, national park
Tagged Coltsville, CT, history, national park service, Samuel Colt
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Bits from the books… impress your friends with fun bits of history trivia
Bits from the books… impress your friends at holiday parties with fun bits of history trivia – there is plenty more in my books. Here are 11 favorites. 1 Top General of the American Revolution, First President of the United … Continue reading
Posted in 18th century, 19th century, 20th century
Tagged books, First Flight Around World, Grizzly in the Mail, history
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Linnea Grim: My favorite history site
Linnea Grim is the Hunter J. Smith Director of Education and Visitor Programs at Thomas Jefferson’s home Monticello, in Charlottesville, Virginia. If you had to choose one or two favorite historic sites, which ones are they and what about them … Continue reading
Posted in Our favorite sites
Tagged historic site, history, history site, Library of congress, Monticello
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Patricia Brooks – My favorite history site
Patricia Brooks is a historian working in Washington, D.C. If you had to choose one or two favorite historic sites, which ones are they and what about them interested you? The Levi Coffin House in Fountain City, Indiana hands down was … Continue reading
Paradise, an historic inn
“You must book a room at the Paradise Inn!” said my friend Jay when I told him I was going to Mt. Rainier National Park. For years I had wanted to visit the park and every calendar I saw that … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, national park, tourism, West
Tagged American West, history, Mt. Rainier, national park, Paradise Inn, WA
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Carolyn Gilman: My favorite history site
Our Favorite Sites is an occasional new feature of Historyplaces where I ask public historians to talk about their favorite history sites and share some of the challenges they face presenting history to visitors. Carolyn Gilman is Senior Exhibit Developer … Continue reading
Posted in Native American, Our favorite sites, pre-America
Tagged cahokia, Carolyn Gilman, historic site, history, mounds, Native American
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Bob Sutton: My favorite history site
Welcome to an occasional new feature of Historyplaces called Our Favorite Sites where I ask public historians to talk about their favorite history sites and share some of the challenges they face presenting history to visitors. Bob Sutton is Chief Historian … Continue reading
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