The Bashful Adventurer visits the graves of Revolutionary War casualties in Mapleshade Cemetery in Ridgefield, Conn. What will she learn there?
Mapleshade Cemetery and Revolution in Ridgefield, CT
Tag: colonial
Midwives of the Revolution: A Review of A Midwife’s Tale
To the ever-growing list of things I don’t remember about American history is that Maine was once part of Massachusetts. One thing I do know about American history is that I am surely not hardy enough to have endured during…
Salem, Where Were You during the Revolution?
One of the great joys of traveling to places that we visit to see other things is learning about their other histories, those that we are not necessarily there to see. I am in Salem, Mass. to learn about witches…
The Takeaway from Boscobel
During my nonblogging hours, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about what educators intend to teach students and whether and to what extent students are actually learning what their instructors intend. I can’t help but wonder whether I’ve…