Happy Holidays!
As readers of History Imagined are aware, I take the month of December to reflect on the past months and recharge my batteries for the new year. Needless to say, the last nearly… Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Traditions Around the World
I am not normally a huge fan of Facebook memes, but a recent one struck a chord. I laughed aloud the first and only time I saw it then reflected on its truth.… Continue reading
Answer Creek: Researching the Donner Party by Ashley Sweeney
It was an already sweltering late-July morning in 2018 that I was led through the cavernous Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering, Nebraska to a tidy archives closet. Hours later, after sifting… Continue reading
What to Do with All That Money: Gilded Age Philanthropy
Even casual students of the Gilded Age are aware that the period 1865-1913 in the US was one of tremendous industrial and territorial growth where a small number of individuals amassed unimaginable fortunes.… Continue reading
Internment in Paradise: WWII Hawaii by Jill Engledow
Not long after the nation of Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, sending the United States to war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the “internment” of Japanese American citizens and immigrants.… Continue reading
Frescoes in America
The two frescoes depicted here are arguably the world’s most famous examples of Italian High Renaissance art. Even persons not particularly knowledgeable are usually able to identify Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel (left) and Leonardo… Continue reading
When Needs Must: Women Take to the Air by Marty Wingate
I am delighted to welcome Marty Wingate to First Friday! When Needs Must: Women Take to the Air by Marty Wingate It wasn’t all jam making for women in Britain during the Second… Continue reading
Ice Cream: A Brief History
Authors of historical fiction do a great deal of research and we sometimes find ourselves racing down research rabbit holes. Often, they have little to do with the topic of our original quest,… Continue reading
A day that will live in infamy… January 29, 1863 by First Friday Guest Michael Ross
You live out in the country, on land your family has owned for generations. Suppose you were at home on a cold winter’s morning, still tucked in with your children. It’s freezing outside,… Continue reading
Celebrating Historical Fiction!
by Linda Bennett Pennell This was my first ever post for History Imagined and I thought the topic was worth visiting again. I believe that historical fiction is experiencing a renewed popularity and… Continue reading