by swcaadmin | Oct 11, 2010 | archives
Bette, Gina, Richard & Ann Elaine, Pat & Bob President...
by swcaadmin | Jun 16, 2010 | History
Was there ever a more egregious representation of “manifest destiny” than this 1872 painting entitled “American Progress” by John Gast? We see here a diaphanous ” Columbia” carrying school books in one hand and a telegraph wire in the other, arrogantly thrusting...
by swcaadmin | Jun 15, 2010 | History
Ephraim Williams (1714-1755) bears the distinction of being more remembered for the results of his death than what happened in his life. In this my second installment, I will discuss the latter, the events leading up to, and the battle in which Colonel Williams was...
by swcaadmin | Jun 3, 2010 | History
“Damned Vermont!”, General Burgoyne angrily complained (but with a tinge of begrudging admiration),“It abounds with the most active and most rebellious race of the continent, and hangs like a gathering storm on my left.” An eighth of his army had just been lost in...
by swcaadmin | Jun 2, 2010 | History
Between the battle of September 19, 1777 and the first week of October, there was little action. The British however were building their own defensive fortifications, a series of raised redoubts extending from the Hudson River all the way west to Freeman’s...
