by admin | May 8, 2015 | Books, History
I am not much of a fan of “self-help” books but when I saw that Bill Smullen had written Ways and Means for Managing Up: 50 Strategies For Helping You And Your Boss Succeed, I felt compelled to buy it and, even more amazing, read it right away. I’ll...
by admin | Apr 14, 2015 | History
April 7 I started the day with that great road trip anticipation as I stumbled around the house making sure all my stuff was organized. I hit the road at 5:15. About an hour into it going through Hartford I was starting to feel just a little like I had...
by admin | Apr 12, 2015 | History
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park – April 12, 2015 The final day of my Virginia trip, my last Civil War real time experience (The Grand Review Parade in May is off by over week) worked out better than I dreamed possible. One of the most iconic...
by admin | Apr 12, 2015 | History
The best anecdote about the Civil War I ever heard was one that I heard in Dublin. On our biggest vacation week ever, we went to the one Unitarian Church in Dublin, one of two in the Republic. It was kind of homey as they used the gray hymnals adopted by the UUA in...
by admin | Apr 10, 2015 | History
Yesterday, although not technically the sesquicentennial of the last day of the Civil War, is recognized as such in popular imagination and not without reason. 150 years ago April 9th was Palm Sunday. The day started with the Army of Northern Virginia...
by admin | Apr 9, 2015 | History
150 years ago yesterday, the prospects of the Army of Northern Virginia got even dimmer. Its second to last battle was fought in the evening as cavalry under the command of George Armstrong Custer captured the train loaded with rations that had made it to Appomattox...
