GEORGE WASHINGTON AND OUR FIRST MASS INOCULATION George Washington's military genius is undisputed. Yet American independence must be partially attributed to a strategy for which history has given the infamous general little credit: his controversial medical actions. Traditionally, the Battle of Saratoga is credited with tipping the revolutionary scales. Yet the...
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO Apparently, in 1921, Americans who were primarily descendants of the Europeans were asserting their superiority over them. Remember that we recently came through World War I and the Spanish flu epidemic, and we're entering the roaring 20's. ...
The above cartoon ran in 1901. Below are six of the many predictions from 1900 made for the next 100 years by John Elfreth Watkins. The first three came true; the next three did not. 1. Digital color photography- Watkins did not, of course, use the word "digital" or spell out...
We had the opportunity to see "Hamilton" and that reminded me of a duel in our own family tree. In May of 1798, Brockholst Livingston (above), a Republican, insulted James Jones, a Federalist (like Alexander Hamilton) in an anonymous newspaper article. Jones responded by first caning Livingston and then trying to...
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The ad above was written in 1942. It only took 79 years to become famous or infamous depending upon your perspective. Torturing candidates and office-holders with easy-to-chat taglines have been happening for a long time. Grover Cleveland was accused of fathering a child out of wedlock. The crowds chanted at him: “Ma,...
WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT EUGENICS IN MY JAMESTOWN VISIT In 1924, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the Racial Integrity Act. The Act reinforced racial segregation by prohibiting interracial marriage and classifying as "white" a person "who has no trace whatsoever of any blood other than Caucasian." The Act, an outgrowth of...
PRESERVED IS PRESERVED FOREVER! HIS MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WAS FISH, WHICH ILLUSTRATES WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PRONOUNCE ALL OF THE VARIATIONS OF A NAME BEFORE BLESSING A CHILD WITH THEIR NAME. MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THE 1ST EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES OCCURRED IN 1862. ACTUALLY, THERE WAS AN EARLIER EMANCIPATION...
AMERICANS HAVING HARD FEELINGS AGAINST THOSE WHO HAVE UNPOPULAR HERITAGE IS NOT NEW The article on the very top was recently shared on a historical forum. I was surprised to see my great grandfather as a signee. I suspect many of our ancestors had hard feelings against those who descended from...
AN ODD APPROACH TO ENDING SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806 – February 1, 1873) was an American astronomer, historian, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, geologist, educator, and naval officer for the United States and then the Confederacy. He was a devout Christian and, after reading Psalm 8:8,...
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