JoleneMay 18, 2021BiographiesMen 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, 2021OpinionI’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, 2021American Revolutionary WarTag, 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, 2021Biographies“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, 2020Small StoriesGifts 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, 2020History of EventsA 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...