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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
I was checking out Google Books tonight. There is a ton of valuable interesting stuff! Including, “Maine at Gettysburg“. “Maine at Gettysburg” is the definitive single volume reference of the many and great contributions that men from The State of Maine made at the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863.
There are many other great historical pieces on Google Books. The nice thing is that it’s search able and easy to bookmark and share.
I need to explore the stacks at Google more!
Tags: books, Civil War, Gettysburg, Google, History, Maine
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
Mark your calendars for June 6, 7, 2009 and make plans to attend what could be the largest Civil War reenactment in Maine this year. Confederate and Union, military and civilian reenactors from across New England will participate in two days of Civil War living history to benefit the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center in Livermore, Maine.
As many of my friends know, I was once an active reenactor. I haven’t been up to much in a few years, but still support the community. Check out my other site, MaineMilitia.com for other things going on.
Unfortunately, the Rally for Norlands weekend conflicts with my daughters birthday party and I will not be able to attend, but I want to encourage all my friends who always talk about going to an event to plan on this one. It’s going to be a good one!
Check out the Norlands website for details and make plans to go!
http://www.norlands.org/events.html
Tags: Civil War, Event, History, Living History, Maine, Norlands, Reenacting
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Discovery Channel News has an interesting story about a Female ‘Vampire’ Unearthed in Venice.
A long time ago, I hung out with someone who was a big fan of vampire stories. So I always think of her when I stumble upon a news story about vampires. As a historian, I found this story particularly interesting.
Apparently, an archeological team excavating a 16th Century mass-grave site in Italy, discovered a woman with a brick in her mouth. They believe she had died in a plague and was buried with many other victims of the epidemic. The mass-grave was reopened at some point, perhaps due to a second wave of the plague. Diggers found this woman bloated and with blood on her lips, they suspected her to be a vampire.
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Tags: History, Italy, news, plague, vampire, Venice
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