100 Years Ago: United States Naval Schools of WWI
Although much of my focus has been on those who served in the United States Army during WWI, there were other branches of the armed services equally involved, including the marine corps and the navy....
View Article100 Years Ago: The Leviathan–Transport Ship of Death
On the 29th of September 1918 the transport ship Leviathan left the docks of Hoboken New Jersey on its voyage to Brest, France carrying troops and medical personnel. The problem started even before the...
View ArticleDescendant of Rev. James MacGregor of Londonderry NH — World War One Heroine:...
I was recently reviewing the list of “Gold Star Women” who had died during World War I service, and came across the name of a Delaware resident, Ruth MacGregor. Normally I would not be writing about...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Tidbits: Who Were the Boston Tea Party?
December 16th 2019 is the 246th Anniversary of the so-called Boston Tea Party. Some historians believe that the term ‘Boston Tea Party’ was referring not to the event itself, but rather to the “party...
View ArticleNH Tidbits: Thomas B. Tamblyn’s 1869 Steamship on Long Pond, Concord, New...
This story is about the earliest or at least one of the earliest steamships in the Concord, New Hampshire area. I was researching my 2nd great-grand uncle, Thomas B. Tamblyn, who married my 2nd...
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