Have fun tonight. While we celebrate the end of 2024 let’s do a quick retrospective of it. What happened that historians will emphasize a century from
Archives for 2024
Christmas, 2024
Today is Christmas when we celebrate the joy of Christ's birth.This year we reprint a L. Frank Baum story (author of “The Wizard of Oz”) titled A
Differing Strategies of British and Colonials
As far as eye or mind could reach, a prodigious forest vegetation spread its impervious canopy over hill, valley and plain and wrapped the stern and
Parkman Vol. 7, Chapter 22
Except Washington's men and a few others among the provincials, the whole, from general to drummer-boy, were total strangers to that insidious warfare
Adventures of Putnam
The adventures of the captured Putnam were sufficiently remarkable.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by
Parkman Vol. 7, Chapter 21
While at one end of the lake the force of Abercromby was diminished by detachments and disease, that of Montcalm at the other was so increased by
Thanksgiving, 2024
While every day we should give thanks for the blessings of life, today is a special day for this.This year we are reprinting Mistress Esteem
The Assault on Ticonderoga
A soldier of the Rhode Island regiment, William Smith, managed to get through all obstructions and ensconce himself close under the breastwork.Our
Ticonderoga in 1758
The peninsula of Ticonderoga consists of a rocky plateau, with low grounds on each side, bordering Lake Champlain on the one hand and the outlet of