JoleneMay 18, 2021Men of Honor, Part 5: A Soldier of the WestThis week is the final (for now at least) installment in the current series about Men of Honor. Most medal of honors come from a...
JoleneMar 30, 2021I’ll Remember YouAs some of you may know, I have a special interest in history. The thing that interests me about history is the individual stories. ...
JoleneMar 9, 2021Tag, Rag, & BobtailLast November, in my blog post Telling Their Stories, I talked about a play at Colonial Williamsburg called Sentiments of American Women....
JoleneFeb 2, 2021“Ain’t I a Woman?”When most of us think of February, we think of love, which often comes with the idea of roses, chocolate and romance. Besides being a...
JoleneDec 22, 2020Gifts of ChangeMany of us have probably at one point or another heard of the Christmas truce of World War One. The story of soldiers crossing in to no...
JoleneDec 1, 2020A Day That Shall Live in InfamyDecember 20, 1944, and many of you thought I was going to say December 7! Well, we shall discuss both dates this week, beginning with 7...
JoleneNov 24, 2020Nun Danket Alle Gott - {Now Thank We All Our God}"Nun danket alle Gott mit Herzen, Mund und Händen, der große Dinge tut an uns und allen Enden, der uns von Mutterleib und Kindesbeinen an...
JoleneNov 17, 2020Of Scarcity and Plenty: Food for Thought(Warning: This weeks post does discuss cannibalism in America. While I won't go into depth about it (I will have resources at the end if...
JoleneNov 3, 2020Telling Their Stories....What do these words mean? Granted this is the name of this blog but there is more to the phrase than just a collection of words. ...
JoleneOct 27, 2020"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who tells your story..."Recently, I have had thoughts about how to remember historical figures, and the importance of telling their stories. While it is...
JoleneOct 20, 2020Lizzie - A Sweetheart's NameThere are many stories of soldiers making tokens for their sweethearts while they are away at war. These tokens are made not only as a...