Greetings, history lover! I’ve shared some stories of some of my favorite icons of history – now I’d like to share one of my own.I love history. That’s probably no surprise to you – but it was a surprise to me. History and I had a pretty average relationship: social studies classes, family trip to colonial Williamsburg, […]
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The “Bull Moose,” as he was known – the man who took a bullet in the chest and immediately gave a near-ninety minute speech – started out (in his words) as a “sickly, delicate boy, suffered much from asthma, and frequently had to be taken away on trips to find a place where I could […]
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John Adams got called a lot of names during and beyond his lifetime. Old Oak. The Colossus of Independence. His Rotundity. Some were flattering. Some were – not.One of my favorites could be seen as both. And it speaks to why Adams, at a historic and a human level, is so inspiring. “Old Sink or Swim.” It might not […]
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