History Dame

Today is the 81st anniversary of D-Day, and I decided to focus on Pointe du Hoc. On June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Rangers scaled the sheer 100-foot cliffs of Pointe du Hoc under relentless enemy fire. Their mission: take out German artillery threatening the D-Day landings at Omaha…

Well it’s official, after stopping at 3 Buc-ee’s so far on my road trip, I can safely say I detest it and do not understand the hype of any kind. I know that’s an unpopular opinion but can’t change my mind on it!

Today, 23 July 1885, Ulysses S. Grant died from throat cancer. This leads me to this Wildcard Wednesday post: a battle of the stogies! General Ulysses S. Grant smoked up to 20 cigars a day during the Civil War. At least that’s the estimate, and even something Grant admitted…

During the chaos of the Civil War, one man revolutionized military medicine: Dr. Jonathan Letterman. Letterman followed his father, who was a surgeon. Leading up to the Civil War Letterman was exposed to more severe and emergency medicine than most doctors of his time. He served…

I feel there was a time in our history when John Paul Jones dropped off the radar a little bit, but has come back into prominence in the last several decades. I have zero evidence for this assertion other than hearing how few people know him. I’m always glad to see posts, or…

I look forward to this event every year. Hope see many friends and making new ones!

I see many mutual followers posting gear photos of their summer, so I hope many of you participate!

For fun fact Friday, we are going to look at the movie Glory, as today, 18 July 1863, the 54th stormed Fort Wagner. The movie Glory was primarily shot in GA and draws from real letters written by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. The movie is one of Hollywood's more accurate…

It's Rare Finds Thursday, and we are excited to showcase a collection of WWII newspapers! We will be offering several newspapers tonight and will continue to introduce more over the coming weeks. These newspapers span from the start of the war until the winter of 1944 and are in…

On this day in 1955, Disneyland opened its gates for the very first time in Anaheim, California Dubbed “Walt’s dream made real,” the park’s opening day was filled with magic—and it was televised live! The 90-minute show was called “Dateline Disneyland.” An estimated 90 million…

Really well deserved

I wanted to share the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, TN, for Travel Tuesday, which was pretty impressive. This was the first museum I’ve been to that had the grand staircase. Aside from that, this museum focused less on the sinking and more on personal stories. It had various…

Cool 1959 brochure for what is now called @plimothpatuxet.

Storming the beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944, was only the first step in Operation Overlord. It’s also the step many of us think was the toughest. Yes, for many reasons, and while Allied troops knew it wouldn’t be easy to make their way to Paris, they hadn’t counted on the…

Late-night thought. I’m not a big Dolly Parton or country music fan, but I enjoy some of her songs. More importantly, I’ve always admired and respected her as a person. At Dollywood, I was reminded how much she lives for herself and no one else and boy do I want to be like…

I’m back from my whirlwind trip. New hotel every night! I started at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, and stayed one night at the Village hotel and the Inn. My trip was supposed to end there, but I added Pigeon Forge, TN, to my drive and visited Dollywood and a Titanic…

I’m not sure why Pigeon Ford, TN has an incredibly cool Titanic museum, but as I was heading out this morning to drive back up the East Coast, I decided to get tickets and make another impromptu stop!