Living History: Connecting to Heritage, Part I

by Linda Bennett Pennell

In a recent post, I posed a question that is central to this series: why is living history important? My initial answer dealt with the need to communicate the facts and concepts of… Continue reading →

Ancient Scourge/Modern Crises

by Caroline Warfield

Before the Zika crisis and before Ebola, West Nile Virus, or even Yellow Fever, mosquitoes brought Malaria. We just didn’t know it. Malaria is an old scourge. Chinese writings as old as 2700… Continue reading →

The Real First Female to Run for President–Victoria Woodhull

by Becky Lower

Now that the run for the highest office in America is upon us, one might think the result will be unique, regardless if you support Trump or Clinton. A businessman with no political… Continue reading →

Living History: Frontier Culture Museum (Staunton, VA)

by Linda Bennett Pennell

In this second post in the Living History series, we move from Tidewater Virginia to the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains on the east and the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians on… Continue reading →

Diversity in Upper Canada

by Caroline Warfield

My grandmother is Ojibwa, my father was French, and my husband was a Scot. You can despise whichever one of those your English heart chooses, or all of them, but I am not… Continue reading →