A reader commented on one of my older post, Ignoring Historical Inaccuracies, with a link to an article from the site American...
American History
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Both the Union and Confederate armies used hot air balloons for spying during the Civil War. Their use marked the...
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Watching the documentaries Hoxie: The First Stand and Eyes on the Prize, I could not help but notice several similarities...
Part of why I write at Hankering for History is that I love sharing. I don’t just like sharing what...
In the early 1900s, before radio and swimming pools, the arrival of the Chautauqua circuit in small-town America was as...
History of Home Heating: From Fire in a Cave to an Electric Fireplace (Guest Post) It might be hard for...
