Family Tree Nuts
They say this young rebel mom attacked him, and the words that they use are “beat the Yankee soldiers brains out”! Imagine the scene! To be honest, I’m not totally sure which genre this story falls under, humor, history, or horror. It’s also a mystery because years later a human skeleton was found in the…
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The Battle at the Cowpens…The final blow to the British Army in South Carolina. It was here where American Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and his Continental soldiers along with local patriot militias defeated British Colonel Banastre Tarleton’s legions and effectively destroyed the British Army’s strategy to win in South Carolina. Colonel Tarleton’s fast-moving legion had…
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It was the beginning of the end for the British Army in the American Colonies. Recently we visited Kings Mountain National Battlefield, in South Carolina. This battle was the beginning of the end for the British. As we all know, American Patriots first fired on British soldiers in 1775 at Lexington Green, in Massachusetts, and…
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Recently we visited Bledsoe’s Fort in Sumner County, Tennessee, the site of one of the original Cumberland Settlements. The Cumberland Settlements were a group of forts or stations located in a valley along the Cumberland River of Tennessee where early pioneers in the late 18th century came and settled. There were approximately eight forts or…
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Serving in the Maryland Line during the American Revolution, he soon moved West to claim new land given for his service in the Continental Army. General James Winchester, military commander, entrepreneur, pioneer, Indian fighter and later, founder of the city of Memphis. Cragfont Mansion, in Castalian Springs Tennessee, is the frontier home of General James…
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NO! You are NOT Irish! You aren’t a child of Erin, you don’t have the “Luck of the Irish”, and you can’t blame that temper of yours on Irish roots. When Americans are asked what their ethnicity is, millions of us list Irish first. Why is that? Where did this misconception come from? So, if…
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The preacher leapt from his pulpit and murdered one of the leading elders of the church! He viciously stabbed him twice in the ribs and quickly made his escape out of the door. Imagine the shock of the congregation! And like many conflicts, it involves a woman. Stay here and I’ll tell you this wild,…
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It’s the oldest European city in the entire New World. Nowhere in the Americas can you find such a wealth of historical buildings and locations, most of which are over five hundred years old. In the Colonial Zone you can walk the same streets where men like Columbus, Cortes, Ponce de Leon, and Balboa once…
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This fortress and home was built over five hundred years ago in the New World. Think about that a second. Over five centuries ago. It was here almost a hundred years before the first British settlement in the Americas. It was here for one hundred and nine years before the Pilgrims got to Plymouth rock.…
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Inside this giant lighthouse is the tomb of the famous explorer Christopher Columbus. Wait, I thought he was buried in Seville, Spain? There are few things more exciting and interesting to history nerds like myself than a little historical controversy. In this article, we will not only get into this controversy, but we will also…
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