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Continue reading →: Twelve Days That Changed the WorldThe first twelve days of December 1941, as historian Evan Mawdsley vividly describes in his book December 1941: Twelve Days that Began a World War, changed the world forever. In these twelve days, the German army was stopped in front of Moscow, ending Operation Barbarossa; Japan attacked American and British…
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Continue reading →: Uncovering the Past at Stones RiverA few weeks ago, I was in the Nashville area to visit a friend, and I decided to add a day on to my trip in order to visit Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro. Over the years, I’ve visited many of the Tennessee Civil War battlefields, including Shiloh, Chattanooga,…
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Continue reading →: Remaking History at McLeod PlantationRecently, I spent a few days in the Charleston, South Carolina, area. In between relaxing at the beach and exploring downtown Charleston, I visited a new (to me, at least) historic site: McLeod Plantation Historic Site. Located on James Island, just a few miles from downtown Charleston on the way…
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Continue reading →: A Walk in YorkOver the past year, during the pandemic, I’ve picked up a new digital skill: making ArcGIS StoryMaps. I have no background in ArcGIS or cartography, but I’ve really enjoyed learning how to use ArcGIS StoryMaps. This program is amazing – you can create stories that combine text, images, interactive maps,…
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Continue reading →: From Augusta Treverorum to TrierA few months ago, I highlighted the amazing collection of Roman remains in Trier, Germany. Located in the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near Germany’s border with Luxembourg and France (see map below), Trier is believed to be Germany’s oldest city – hence, the collection of Roman sites, including an…
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Continue reading →: City of the White RoseThis post was originally written in the summer of 2014, when I took a day trip to York while studying abroad in Cambridge, England. I am reposting it – slightly edited & with pictures added! – because I lived in York for six months (from fall 2019 to spring 2020,…
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Continue reading →: Traveling with BaedekerIf you were a middle- or upper-class traveler in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, you would almost certainly know the name Baedeker. Perhaps you had traveled with Baedeker yourself, or knew someone who had. Or maybe you hoped to travel with Baedeker someday. But who – or what…
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Continue reading →: A Tour of Augusta TreverorumWhen you read the words “A Tour of Augusta Treverorum,” the first question that probably springs to your mind is “what is Augusta Treverorum?”. And rightfully so. No town by that name has existed for more than a thousand years. But Augusta Treverorum lives on, its buildings interspersed with those…
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Continue reading →: A Collection of PlacesI have declared bankruptcy – blog bankruptcy. Finding myself so far behind on my blog – and facing the prospect of writing more essays in the next few weeks – I have decided there is no way I will ever catch up if I were to write long posts for…
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Continue reading →: Vienna’s Palatial MuseumsThe first essays for the spring term are submitted, so it’s time to get back to my much-neglected blog! Casting my mind back to Christmas (time really has flown by, hasn’t it?), I want to talk about one more aspect of my trip to Vienna, although, to be fair, I…
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