I wake up before dawn and heard the ocean outside. The dunes separate the beach house from the sea itself, but not the smell of …
A brief history of St. Patrick: Who was Patrick and what does he have to do with green beer?
How did a Brit of Roman descent find his way to being named the patron saint of Ireland? It seems that every writer and most …
Deconstructing myths of the American Revolution: Paul Revere’s ride in the words of Paul Revere himself and a travelogue
In the fall of 1774 and the winter of 1775, I was one of upwards of thirty, chiefly mechanics, who formed ourselves into a …
Peter Stuyvesant: A citizen of old New Amsterdam, carrying on nearly 400 years later in New York City
Before there was New York, there was New Amsterdam. Founded by the Dutch in 1614, New Amsterdam occupied much of the tip of lower …
