Wednesday, January 23, 2019

The Strange Case of George Washington's Teeth

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George Washington's Dentures An unsmiling George Washington Sometimes it is hard to think of George Washington as ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

The Death of a Confederate Washington

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John Augustine Washington III John Augustine Washington III (1821-1861), was the last private owner of the Mount Vernon Estate....
Monday, January 21, 2019

Threadbare Brides of the Civil War

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Weddings were welcomed social events during the Civil War and even threadbare brides were radiant. Economy usually replaced the gl...
Tuesday, January 08, 2019

George Pullman's Worker's Paradise

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The model town of Pullman, located on the far south side of Chicago, was built in the 1880s on land controlled by the Pullman Palace Ca...
Sunday, January 06, 2019

The Strange Case of Henry Washington

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Mount Vernon Henry (Harry) Washington Born on the Gambia River around 1740, Henry Washington (real name unknown) was...
Friday, January 04, 2019

George Washington’s “Riding Chair”

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As a young man, George Washington acquired a riding chair similar to the one you see above (which is at the Mount Vernon Estate...

The Strange Case of Geronimo's Picture

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In 1873, General George Crook fought the Apaches before being posted north to fight the Sioux (including participation in the 1876 campai...
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Monday, November 05, 2018

Civil War Fashion 1861-1865

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War presented special problems for the world of ladies’ fashion in the Confederacy, as is best described in the words of General J...
Saturday, October 27, 2018

The First Great Anti-War Movie

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It was not until All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) that the romantic view of war was cast aside, as movie goers were admonis...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

Machine Guns Wreathed in Roses: The Greatest World War I Silent Movie

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The implicit historical evidence contained in a commercial film is useful to the historian in that popular films reflect the concer...