Family Tree Nuts
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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Two countries on one tiny island. It’s only about 34 square miles but this map dot of a place has a tremendous history that has been created by people from all over the globe such as Indigenous, African, Dutch, French, Spanish, British, Italian, Danish, Portuguese, and even Chinese. Today it is a popular tourist destination…
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He could shoot so well that he was assigned to an elite unit. He deserted, more than once, was arrested, court martialed, and spent time in a military prison in Richmond. He had fingers shot off of both hands, was captured by General George Armstrong Custer, and served time as a POW. This is the…
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He served in the Confederate Army where he saw a ton of action. He wrote letters home, one of which we discovered and are about to share with you. He spent almost a year as a POW in horrible conditions and sadly passed away just weeks before men were released. This is the story of…
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On this date 160 years ago, December 31, 1862, Union & Confederate forces clashed just to the northwest of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The battle, known as the “2nd Battle of Murfreesboro”, or the “Battle of Stones River” to the South, was a significant engagement of a combined force of over 78,000 troops. Forty-three thousand four-hundred Union…
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We all know the classic song Jingle Bells, but do you know its history? Did you know it was written by a Confederate soldier that fought in the Civil War? Wait, it doesn’t snow in the south, what did he know about sleighs and snow? But wait, he was from Massachusetts, and they know plenty…
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