Originally posted on Samurai Japan:
Ceramic Treasures – Bizen-yaki, Okayama Prefecture [1080p HD] Today: Bizen-yaki, Okayama Prefecture. We will visit the potters from all over Japan and discover their ceramics heritage by introducing the culture and historical background.
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Prince Mongo’s Castle
Originally posted on Abandoned Southeast:
Prince Mongo’s Castle, also known as Ashlar Hall, is a mock castle in Memphis. After Robert Brinkley Snowden graduated from Princeton in 1890, he decided to return to his hometown to design and construct his family estate. Snowden, a prominent real estate developer, completed Ashlar Hall in 1896. The 11,000 square foot home has two floors with 8 rooms plus…
Book Review: The Heart of Everything That Is
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2013). On Christmas night 1866, a man rode into Fort Laramie. Near death from riding 236 miles in four days, through a blizzard, Portugee Phillips completed his mission.…
What it Means to Wear the Green
Originally posted on Emerging Revolutionary War Era:
This St. Patrick’s Day millions of people around the world will wear green and celebrate the Irish holiday. However there was a time when wearing the color green in Ireland could be punishable by death. In the wake of the American Revolution, revolutions and rebellions began to breakout…
The Thomas Flyer Auto Arrives in Norwalk – Setting a New Record
Originally posted on Firelands History Website:
At five a.m. on a frigid Monday morning, one hundred-ten years ago today, a large (by 1907 standards) Thomas Flyer automobile, and its escort vehicle, chugged into Norwalk and stopped in front of the New St. Charles Hotel. A large white sign in the back of the Thomas Flyer…
Cries and Whispers – 1979 Triumph Broadside
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New Site
Hey folks, this is a new blog. My son and one of his buddies write the articles. If you like it, please follow! LeBron is right. When compared to the Spurs or the Warriors, the depth of the Cavaliers’ roster comes up woefully short. Outside of LeBron and Kyrie, nobody else is really capable of…
Greatest Leaders of the American Revolution You Have Never Heard Of
Originally posted on Emerging Revolutionary War Era:
Part One When I was completing my graduate degree in American history from George Mason University a few years back, I took on the challenge of trying to examine the motivations of American soldiers during the American Revolutionary War. The basis was to examine, “why they fought” if…
from Clio: Portsmouth, NH
Hey folks, there have been some interesting developments regarding the Clio app. For those who are unfamiliar, Clio is an app that connects users to historic locations. A user who may be in, or will soon visit, a given area can access entries that detail many of that area’s historic sites. Each entry provides the…
Hardship and Tragedy
Originally posted on Firelands History Website:
George Woodruff and the other men started work the day after they arrived at Village House, clearing enough land to plant corn that spring. The soil in the area was a clay loam “well suited for agriculture, but before they could take advantage of its fertility, they needed to…
History Present 