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Home→Published 2014 → August

Monthly Archives: August 2014

Favorite George Washington faces a dilemma
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Posted on Friday, 8 August 2014 by Mark ThomasJuly 28, 2020

George Washington faces a dilemma My own reference to American history begins with my birth only a decade and a half after the end of the Second World War, during the height of the Cold War. In my formative years, … Continue reading →

Posted in Military History | Tagged George Washington, Legion of the United States, Little Turtle, Mad Anthony Wayne, St. Clair's Defeat, US Army

Historical sites road trip
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Posted on Friday, 8 August 2014 by Mark ThomasSeptember 22, 2018

Historical sites road trip – continued My themed road trip to historical sites near my childhood home had two goals. One was visiting three specific locations, the Richmond Art Museum, the Model T Museum and the main focus of today’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Battle of the Wabash, George Washington, Little Turtle, Northwest territory, St. Clair's Defeat, USArmy

Museum road trip
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Posted on Wednesday, 6 August 2014 by Mark ThomasAugust 6, 2014

A museum road trip Timing for this past weekend’s mini road trip was the arrival by mail of a new-to-me digital camera. Plans for expanding the scope of this blog made clear that a digital camera with some zoom capability … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged art museum, Model T, Museum

August events teach cause and effect

Posted on Monday, 4 August 2014 by Mark ThomasAugust 4, 2014

Three August events help teach cause and effect Perhaps one of the reasons I find Conan O’Brian so much more entertaining than Jay Leno is the latter’s man-on-the-street routine, Jay Walking, from Leno’s time as the Tonight Show host. Viewers … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching History | Tagged cause and effect, Civil War, Lincoln, teaching, UGRR, WWII
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