Category: History
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Flag of the Day – Star-Spangled Banner
Flag of the Day
The War of 1812 began on this day in 1812. To commemorates this event, we are flying “The Star-Spangled Banner” – 15 star, 15 stripe. (more…)
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Shot Heard Round the World
Don’t forget what happened the first time they tried to take our guns. “I immediately ordered our Militia to disperse, and not to fire: Immediately said Troops made their appearance and rushed furiously, fired upon, and killed eight of our Party without receiving any Provocation therefor from us.” – Captain Parker
Today is the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
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Aboard the W. G. Mather
Sailing into History
“You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck…I have no time for such nonsense.”
~ NapoleonAt the mention of steam power, we often envision roaring freight trains winding through the countryside. In the early twentieth-century, the power of steam was also moving massive freighters across the Great Lakes. (more…)
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Museum of Western Reserve Farms & Equipment
Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years. ~ Will Durant
History is Alive In Richfield, Oh
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Atlantic & Great Western
Making Tracks
Not far from my childhood home is a rail bed that once belonged to the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad. Many of my summer afternoons were spent patiently waiting along the rails for a glimpse of the local shortline freight train to pass. Those lazy afternoons gave me time to imagine what it would have been like to see a mighty A&GW train rumble pass. (more…)
