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Dog and Owl’s Adventures in Historic America! Buy Now at Amazon

I recently ventured into the world of book writing, and my first novel has been released! My intention with this novel is to provide kids, or really anyone, the opportunity to travel even if they cannot due to a variety of circumstances. As a child, I was unable to travel and visit places as my friends did, but by reading books, I reached the far edges of the world and experienced many historical events! Those books shaped my lifelong passion for learning and travel! Today I

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Governor Nelson's Home Yorktown, VA

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Dog and Owl’s Adventures in Historic America! Buy Now at Amazon

I recently ventured into the world of book writing, and my first novel has been released! My intention with this novel is to provide kids, or really anyone, the opportunity to travel even if they cannot due to a variety of circumstances. As a child, I was unable to travel and visit places as my friends did, but by reading books, I reached the far edges of the world and experienced many historical events! Those books shaped my lifelong passion for learning and travel! Today I

Website Update

Over the next few weeks, you will see changes to the website to make it more interactive for visitors. While my first attempt at creating an historical website has been a good one, I want visitors to understand that it is more than a blog and actually a site to engage with, ask questions, and learn from! Please be patient, as posting may not be as consistent as it once was, but I promise it will be a better experience in the long run!

Quote of the day...

“An act for punishing mutiny and desertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters... and whereas the publick houses and barracks, in his Majesty’s dominions in America, may not be sufficient to supply quarters for such forces; and whereas it is expedient and necessary that carriages and other conveniencies, upon the march of troops in his Majesty’s dominions in America, should be supplied for that purpose...” Indirect Taxation: The Quartering Act

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In 1608, having survived capture by Indians (reputedly through the efforts of Pocahontas, a chief’s daughter), John Smith became president of the Jamestown colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America. In 1776, Washington receives clearer authority around the question of New York. John Hancock explains that Congress does not intend to keep the army in the city “a Moment longer” than Washington thinks proper for the public service. The decision on evacuation

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Computer bug.... In 1664, Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland, to an English naval squadron under Colonel Richard Nicolls. Stuyvesant had hoped to resist the English, but he was unpopular, and his Dutch subjects refused to rally around him. Following its capture, New Amsterdam’s name was changed to New York, in honor of the Duke of York, who organized the mission. In 1739, Early in the morning, twenty Black Carolinians met

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In 1762, Ann Franklin published the Newport Mercury, becoming the first American female editor and publisher and the first woman inducted into the University of Rhode Island’s Journalism Hall of Fame. In 1775, England’s King George III declared the American colonies to be in a state of open rebellion. In 1776, the British arrived at Long Island, between Gravesend and New Utrecht, with “near twenty-four thousand men ready to land in a moment,” according to one observer. In 177

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