Monthly Archives: July 2018
HISTORIC PHOTOS: COLOUR PHOTOS FROM IMPERIAL RUSSIA
Rare color pictures from Russian Empire, 1905-1915
TRIVIA TRAIL: CHILD SOLDIERS
Question: Who was the youngest person to serve in the American Civil War? Answer: Edward William Black. Soldiers were supposed to be at least eighteen, and while some boys did successfully manage to enlist by lying about their age, little Edward was only eight, and couldn’t get anyone in the 21st Indiana Volunteer Infantry to […]
HISTORIC SUPERSTITION: FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
Friday the 13th and the Divine Feminine
HISTORIC WORTH-A-VISIT: GOATHLAND
If you live in the UK, or plan to be there this summer, this little English village might make an interesting day out for Harry Potter and/or Heartbeat fans. http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/see-and-do/attractions/goathland
HISTORY TIDBIT: SIR ISAAC NEWTON
Upon leaving school at the age of seventeen, a lad named Isaac Newton was originally supposed to take up farming, but he wasn’t very good at it, and an uncle persuaded his mother that the family farm would do better if young Ike just went to college or something. He did, and would later formulate […]
Time Travelling With Kids 