The Almanack

Almanack Posts

• My (Very) Old Friend, Serj. Elisha Benton
• Mother Goose Migrates to America
• The Federal Writers Project of The WPA
• A Biography of the Negro League’s Josh Gibson
• The American Goddess › Feminine Depictions of Liberty
• To James Agee … Permit Me Homage
• True Blue Moon: An Explanation
• Out on the Frontier … Of New England › Colonial Deerfield, Massachusetts
• The Battle of Atlanta, Today › A Civil War Tour
• The Rise & Fall of Southern Populism
• An Early History of Tolland, Connecticut
• Cumbria, A Forgotten Celtic Kingdom
• Fiddlin’ John Carson & The Preservation of Old-Time Music
• “Dancing in the Dark” › Morris Dickstein
• “Reveille in Washington” › Margaret Leech
• “Origins of the New South” › C. Vann Woodward
• The Christmas Truce of 1914 / World War I
• “The Debate on the Constitution” › Library of America
• Asheville, North Carolina › In-Detail Architectural Tour
• The Blue Ridge Parkway › A History & One Great Drive
• The World War I Diary of Luther Gullatt
• The Day of Infamy › A Family Photographic Link
• Touring the Civil War Battles for Chattanooga
• Walking — And Running — With the Spirits of Chickamauga
• Touring the Battle of Fredericksburg
• Sojourner Truth › Quite A Woman
• Synchrony & The Ensign Troughs ( … with a side of Robert Frost)
• George Washington Cable › Truth to New South Power
• Notes to Future Self › “Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”
• Leonard Cohen › Man on the Platform
• Emma Lazarus › Voice of Lady Liberty
• A Heritage Tourism Tour of Boston’s Fenway Park