On this 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth, it seems only right to post about leaves of grass. Not Leaves of Grass, but actual grass,…
It’s a sad day for March 25. Today is the 260th anniversary of today losing status as New Year’s Day. Beginning in 1752, New Year’s…
Chesterfield Courthouse in Virginia has done a fabulous job in making images of their records available. The records are copies of documents, such as deeds…
The stories of a bunch of cranky, power-hungry, opinionated, brilliant, and idealistic men…. Some favorites (links go to Indiebound.org) Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by…