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Paradise, an historic inn
“You must book a room at the Paradise Inn!” said my friend Jay when I told him I was going to Mt. Rainier National Park. For years I had wanted to visit the park and every calendar I saw that included...
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A ride on the Belle
I’m guessing that deep down most history lovers crave occasional moments where they feel they’ve stepped into a time machine. I think reenactors call it a history rush. So when you give several hundred...
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First Flight Around the World, finalist for nonfiction award
I’m honored that my recent book First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race has been named a finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award. Few people...
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Bits from the books… impress your friends with fun bits of history trivia
Bits from the books… impress your friends at holiday parties with fun bits of history trivia – there is plenty more in my books. Here are 11 favorites. 1 Top General of the American Revolution, First...
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Alex Rasic: My favorite history site
Alex taking a break during a Homestead festival with one of the museum’s harshest critics: her son, Henri Alex Rasic is Director of Public Programs at the Homestead Museum in City of Industry, near Los...
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Charles Lindbergh of Little Falls, Minnesota
Charles Lindbergh has loomed large in my life for fifteen years now. I somehow keep working at museums that tell his story and either display his plane the Spirit of St. Louis or a replica of it. So...
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City of Ships
On a recent vacation in Maine, I asked a native of the state what her favorite Maine small town is. She lives in Blue Hill and works in Castine, two quaint and beautiful towns. I was a little...
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Within These Walls… if our houses could talk
If you’re visiting Washington this summer, here is a must-see exhibition: Within These Walls at the National Museum of American History. It features the largest artifact in the museum’s collection, a...
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Blenheim Palace and Americans
As an American, I’m easily blown away by the great houses that dot the English landscape. The grand scale of some of them is super impressive. After all, the United States doesn’t have anything...
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In praise of historic sites
I’ve enjoyed visiting history places ever since I can remember. Whether Devil’s Den at the Gettysburg battlefield or the hallowed room of Independence Hall in Philadelphia or the sweeping lawn of...
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