Christmas 1755
Sunday Word 2 Christmas 1755 . This is a one sided view. But it is truly a part of the record. We mean to tell the whole story as best we...
Why Soldiers Why?
A song that asks a question? Why Soldiers Why?. Maybe James Wolfe sang this the night before he died on the Plains of Abraham in the...
Look to the Opposite Shore
Sunday Word. December 1675. . . A month of Sorrow. A month of recovering. A month of planning Revenge. . January 1675 is when they...
Drummers?
. . We've heard some re-enactor groups didn't think drummers were integral or that important. . Maybe because we have a drummer, we'd...
George Washington Knocked Down
The day after George Washington loses his first run for political office to represent Frederick Co VA, he gets knocked down by an angry litt
Captain George Mercer VA Regiment
We bring you stories of men who were Daniel Boone on steroids, much more center stage than the peripheral Daniel who exemplified an age...
Deserters - Mercer heads Posse
Last night, December 3, 1756, a posse is ordered. . Imagine just moving into a fort as commander, and right away you have a whole bunch...
Another Washington Slept Here Story?
Where is George today? . Colonel George Washington finished paying a year's worth of rent to William Cocke's Tavern and moves into Fort...
Skull Reunion
November 28, 1758 was about another yesterday - July 9, 1755. . November 28, 1758 was the day Colonel George Washington's men of the...
James Wood's Only Election is a Brawl
5 days ago, November 20, 1741, the man who created this town of Winchester VA in 1744 was in an election in Orange County, the county...
