A resounding hear, hear to David B. Appleton for this post on his blog: You'd Think ...: I mean, really, it's our national coat of arms, the arms of the United States of America. We've been using it for more than 200 years. And it's not a complex coat of arms, consisting as it does … Continue reading You’d Think …
Category: History and Heritage
Essays examining the people, places, and traditions that shape historical memory. This category includes genealogy, regional history, and the study of cultural inheritance.
Finding America: University Discovers Lost Early Map of New World
An interesting piece of cartographical history: Finding America: University Discovers Lost Early Map of New World. German university researchers have rediscovered a 500-year-old map that had been mistakenly bound in a volume on geometry several hundred years ago. The map, by cartograther Martin Waldseemüller, is one of the first to include the term "America" in reference to the … Continue reading Finding America: University Discovers Lost Early Map of New World
The Clan System
An informative article from the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs:The Clan System:The clan system as we know it today was created over the course of a few years in the first quarter of the 19th century.The clan system as we know it today was created over the course of a few years in the first quarter … Continue reading The Clan System
War of 1812 Showed Importance of Maintaining Military Strength
Another view of the War of 1812, from the The Daily Signal: War of 1812 Showed Importance of Maintaining Military Strength: This week 200 years ago, Congress passed and President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain, then the world’s most powerful nation. Our young country had already fought three wars since … Continue reading War of 1812 Showed Importance of Maintaining Military Strength
Who opposed the War of 1812?
I sadly must admit that my knowledge of many of the wars the United States have engaged in is limited, but I am proud to share this article from the Oxford University Press on the War of 1812:Who opposed the War of 1812?: By Troy BickhamAs North America begins to mark the bicentennial of the War of … Continue reading Who opposed the War of 1812?
Re-Minting the San Francisco Mint
A great article on undoing some of the architectural "progress" inflicted on the old San Francisco Mint building:Steampunking An Old Building To Make It More Efficient: Steampunk, a genre of literature that takes place in a steam-engine powered world often containing futuristic VIctorian innovations, has inspired movies, music, and an entire lifestyle (need some clothes? Check out … Continue reading Re-Minting the San Francisco Mint
William Blevins, Long Hunter
One of the legendary ancestors of the Blevins family in early colonial America was William Blevins, the Long Hunter. Since I started researching my family's genealogy, I have read scattered bits and pieces about him. My ultimate goal is to determine whether or not my line descended from this man. There are lots of stories … Continue reading William Blevins, Long Hunter
