Slavery in America
Did you know that thirteen of the first fifteen United States presidents owned slaves? This stat is quite well-known among historians, ...
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Shebby Lee
- Apr 1, 2020
- 2 min
Keep Breathing
I don’t have any verified homesteaders in my family tree – well, maybe a few – but it is always tempting in times like these to...
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Shebby Lee
- Mar 2, 2020
- 3 min
New Old Traditions
I belong to an alumni association which is more social club than academic, and was reminded recently of our penchant for creating what...
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Shebby Lee
- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
Literacy
As a historian I recognize that every generation thinks that the next is going to hell in a hand-basket. I personally was raised with...
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Shebby Lee
- Mar 1, 2019
- 3 min
What I Was Taught
It is embarrassing to open a sentence with, “I was taught”. I like to think of myself as a free-thinker even in my developmental...
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Shebby Lee
- Jul 1, 2017
- 2 min
History Envy
I have history envy. I doubt that it’s a very widespread malady, though possibly infectious. Therefore, in the public interest I have...
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Shebby Lee
- May 1, 2017
- 2 min
Tidewater
Two hundred years after the first Pilgrims, Dutch East Indian employees and English Cavaliers arrived on these shores (and began the...
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Shebby Lee
- Apr 1, 2017
- 2 min
Story Telling
Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, Toni Morrison, has admitted in interviews that she writes the story she would like to...
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Shebby Lee
- Feb 1, 2017
- 3 min
The Learning Experience
We have certainly come a long way from the days when American schools began to introduce media – ever so cautiously – into the curriculum...
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Shebby Lee
- Oct 1, 2016
- 4 min
Democracy
When I was in junior high, my history teacher planted a trick question in a pop quiz that made a lasting impression on me. He asked us to...
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Shebby Lee
- Aug 1, 2016
- 3 min
Two Worlds Colliding
I was recently on the receiving end of a flattering and wholly unexpected accolade recognizing many decades of volunteer work promoting...
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Shebby Lee
- May 1, 2016
- 3 min
Seeing the Elephant
“Seeing the elephant”, I’m told, is a purely American phrase which gained popularity in the early 19th century. Coincidentally, the first...
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Shebby Lee
- Apr 1, 2016
- 3 min
Forgotten History
Andrew Carroll in his excellent new book (Here is Where) about what he calls America’s “forgotten history”, raises the question about the...
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Shebby Lee
- Mar 1, 2016
- 3 min
Time Travel
One of my ever-lasting passions is for movies which toy with the space-time continuum, or time travel. There are tons of them out there,...
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Shebby Lee
- Nov 1, 2015
- 4 min
American Heritage
My grandfather was an original subscriber to American Heritage Magazine, the classy hardbound history magazine written and edited by some...
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Shebby Lee
- Feb 1, 2015
- 3 min
Where History Happened
One of the hallmarks of our tours is that we offer the opportunity to walk where history happened. When you think about it, this really...
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Shebby Lee
- Jun 1, 2014
- 3 min
Happiness
I read recently that, according to a Netherlands travel study (plus followup research conducted by psychologist and consultant Shawn...
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Shebby Lee
- Nov 1, 2013
- 3 min
History Lite
If you have ever surfed the upper reaches of the cable channels in desperate search of semi-literate diversion, you have probably run...
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Shebby Lee
- Feb 1, 2013
- 3 min
Reading Lists
When we were first developing the Lewis & Clark Trail as a Vanishing Trails Expedition I kept track of all the books I read in my...
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Shebby Lee
- Feb 28, 2011
- 4 min
I’m Crazy About History
It probably won’t come as much of surprise that I am crazy about history. I don’t ever remember not being interested in everything...
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