Yankee Doodle Spies

This blog discusses one of the last senior officers to fall in the campaign that ended the war: Alexander Scammell. There are many First ...

To Russia with Love Recent events in Crimea prompted me to blog about that land's connection to the Yankee Doodle Spies. That conne...

Why His Excellency? First in War and in Peace This will complete the "trifecta" centered around His Excellency George Washin...

The Man from  Pope? Okay - I made a really bad pun linking His Excellency to His Elvisness.  George Washington was actually born on a sm...

Celebrating Washington's Birthday Birthday Boy and Commander-in-Chief King George III Believe it or not, there was a ...

Baby, It's Cold  (or Hot) Outside This isn't about global warming (also known as climate change). This blog focuses on the weat...

Darkness Descends December 1776 was truly a month that tested men's resolve. The British had been pressing the Continental Army since...