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    Jun 19, 2013 | Daily Press

  1. Big guns at the Battle of Craney Island

    I've been thinking a lot about gun tubes over the past few weeks while completing the stories for my current <a href="http://www.dailypress.com/features/history/war-of-1812/" target="_blank">series on the War of 1812</a> in Hampton Roads.
    I've been thinking a lot about gun tubes over the past few weeks while completing the stories for my current series on the War of 1812 in Hampton Roads. Though far smaller in size and armed with far fewer guns, the 15 American gunboats that attacked HMS...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Navy Yard, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hampton Roads, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)

    2. Jun 19, 2013 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  2. War of 1812: Gunboats attack off Newport News Point

    Two centuries after prowling into Hampton Roads, the size and power of the British fleet sent to punish the Chesapeake Bay region during the War of 1812 can be hard to imagine.
    Two centuries after prowling into Hampton Roads, the size and power of the British fleet sent to punish the Chesapeake Bay region during the War of 1812 can be hard to imagine. Just one of the Royal Navy's massive ships of the line boasted 74 guns,...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Navy Yard, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hampton Roads, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)

    3. Jun 13, 2013 | Daily Press

  3. A newly discovered map of the War of 1812 Battle of Craney Island

    Unlike the Civil War, the War of 1812 in Hampton Roads left such a dearth of artifacts and records that it's been tough finding ways to illustrate what are some pretty dramatic but strangely invisible stories.
    Unlike the Civil War, the War of 1812 in Hampton Roads left such a dearth of artifacts and records that it's been tough finding ways to illustrate what are some pretty dramatic but strangely invisible stories. That scarcity of documents is what makes...

    Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hampton Roads, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)

    4. Jun 12, 2013 | Daily Press

  4. Discovering Hampton Roads' forgotten war

    In a place that has been fought over for as long and as many times as Hampton Roads, you should probably expect a few stray raids or battles to fall off the radar.
    In a place that has been fought over for as long and as many times as Hampton Roads, you should probably expect a few stray raids or battles to fall off the radar. But in more than two decades of exploring the history of the region, I've only seen one...

    Tags: Hampton Roads

    5. Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  5. War of 1812: A bloody battle rages on the York

    Like any other savvy skipper on the Chesapeake Bay, Capt. Samuel Travis took extra care when he moored his ship in the York River on the windless evening of June 12, 1813.
    Like any other savvy skipper on the Chesapeake Bay, Capt. Samuel Travis took extra care when he moored his ship in the York River on the windless evening of June 12, 1813. For more than four months, the sailors and marines of a relentless Royal Navy...

    Tags: England, Gloucester Point, Firearms, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), U.S. Coast Guard

    6. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Historical Society explores scandalous legacy of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte

    The small wooden trunk is covered with red leather, painted with an ocher floral embroidery and studded with brass nails &mdash; and it couldn't have announced its owner's intention more clearly.
    The small wooden trunk is covered with red leather, painted with an ocher floral embroidery and studded with brass nails — and it couldn't have announced its owner's intention more clearly. The 19-year-old Baltimore beauty who packed the trunk...

    Tags: France, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts Legislature

    7. Jun 10, 2013 | Daily Press

  7. A British trophy from the 1813 sack of Hampton

    Among the most evocative artifacts I've seen while preparing an upcoming series of stories on Hampton Roads and the War of 1812 is a rifle left behind by an American sharpshooter fleeing the field of a hopeless battle.
    Among the most evocative artifacts I've seen while preparing an upcoming series of stories on Hampton Roads and the War of 1812 is a rifle left behind by an American sharpshooter fleeing the field of a hopeless battle. Not only does this rare marked...

    Tags: Elizabeth City, Hampton Roads, Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia)

    8. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Fort McHenry and the banner that still waves

    After reading this week's criticism of how the National Park Service and the Fort McHenry administration have been dealing with the constraints of sequestration, I would remind critics that despite the site's obvious attraction to runners, walkers and others, Fort McHenry is not primarily a recreational site ("Fort McHenry bungles the sequester," June 5).
    After reading this week's criticism of how the National Park Service and the Fort McHenry administration have been dealing with the constraints of sequestration, I would remind critics that despite the site's obvious attraction to runners, walkers and...

    Tags: National Parks, Fort McHenry

    9. Jun 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Philipp Meyer on "The Son"

    In "The Son," Philipp Meyer's sprawling multigenerational saga about a powerful Texas family, the author harvests the state's sad, passionate, often violent history, from its origins as an embattled republic to its present-day condition as an arid landscape sucked dry, literally, by a century of environmentally disastrous cattle ranching and irrigation-based agriculture. Along the way, Meyer &mdash; author of the critically acclaimed "American Rust" (2009) &mdash; tells the stories of the state's white settlers and their near-constant clashes with Native Americans and Mexicans, including now almost forgotten massacres of Mexican-Americans by Texas Rangers and others along the border in the early 20th century.
    In "The Son," Philipp Meyer's sprawling multigenerational saga about a powerful Texas family, the author harvests the state's sad, passionate, often violent history, from its origins as an embattled republic to its present-day condition as an arid...

    Tags: Customs and Tradition, University of Texas at Austin, USA Today, New York City, The Wall Street Journal

    10. Jun 5, 2013 | Daily Press

  10. Remembering the War of 1812 in Hampton Roads

    Go back 200 years this month and you would have found Hampton Roads in turmoil.
    Go back 200 years this month and you would have found Hampton Roads in turmoil. The world's best and biggest navy, which had arrived in February to blockade the Chesapeake Bay, was looking for new targets after the return of a squadron that had...

    Tags: Gloucester Point, Fort Monroe, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Havre de Grace, James River

    11. Jun 4, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  11. Amistad Exhibit Marks Emancipation Anniversary

    On Jan. 1, 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation was declared by President Lincoln, the majority of freed slaves didn't know how to read. Attempts to spread the word by traditional means &mdash; newspapers, handbills, posters &mdash; would go a long way, if the freed slaves could find a friendly, literate person to read it for them. But what of the others?
    On Jan. 1, 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation was declared by President Lincoln, the majority of freed slaves didn't know how to read. Attempts to spread the word by traditional means — newspapers, handbills, posters — would go a long...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music, Fisk University, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Arts and Culture

    12. Jun 3, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  12. READER SUBMITTED: Harwinton's T.A. Hungerford Museum Opens June 9

    Harwinton
    The T.A. Hungerford Memorial Museum, located at 50 Burlington Road (Route 4) in Harwinton, will now be open on selected Sunday afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m. beginning June 9. This year's exhibit theme is Textiles. On display will be clothing from the mid...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Harwinton, Museums

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