Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
While looking at that issue of Hampshire County being dissolved back into Frederick Co VA in April 1759, the subject of the town of...
Willa Cather and Jeremiah Smith
Two stories in the Winchester Star appeared about Willa Cather. On Monday 5/15/2023 in Winchester Star's Monday series, "Out of the Past...
Swallow's Afterlife
There they were. Right there. They see each other. All froze, registering. Boom. Then all is a blur. Flying high with his hawk Swallow...
The Beard
Was there facial hair sported by the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War? A Big NO is the answer from many reenactors. We...
Dissolve Hampshire Co back into Frederick Co VA
Out of the blue we run into a motion in the Virginia House of Burgesses on 27 March 1759 to dissolve Hampshire County. The motion to...
Oath of Abjuration and the Test Oath
The need for this oath owes its origins to a beheading. King Charles I was beheaded on 30th January 1649. This oath also owes its...
King Charles III, II and I
We've just witnessed the coronation of King Charles III, Saturday 5/6/2023. But this makes a good reason to ask who the previous Charles...
EVERY "tion" word is the same as "cion"
In the preface to the Virginia House of Burgesses Journals during the age of Queen Anne, the style of spelling, and the font of letters...
The War Effort in 1759
Fort Duquesne, the French Fort, is no longer a threat. George Washington is no longer the leader of the Virginia Regiment. Fort Loudoun...
La Force captured at Jumonville, now in NYC
French prisoner, LaForce (Michel Pépin) pops up again April 21, 1759. He's in New York City now. But his English guardians need some...
