Creating & Testing a "Julia Wilbur in Civil War Alexandria" Walking Tour
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I created a Julia Wilbur Walking Tour. Here's how. (And I will do it again, now that I have road-tested it!)
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Writers Talk at the Gaithersburg Book Festival
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A pearl of wisdom here, a comment there, by authors at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.
Read MoreNine Partners & a Neat Picture
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Julia Wilbur drew a picture of Nine Partners Boarding School, which she attended at age 14--and I recently got a look at it.
Read MoreThe Conspirators' Trial Began May 9, 1865
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The courtroom where Mary Surratt and 7 others were tried--then and now.
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Emancipation: A Step into the Unknown
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About 500,000 left slavery during the Civil War. As Chandra Manning's new book details, they took enormous risks in their search for freedom.
Read MoreThe Morning After
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Julia Wilbur records what she felt and saw the day after Lincoln's assassination.
Read MoreFinding Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office
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Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office was lost for decades. Here's how it was found.
Read MoreHow a Paragraph Helped Win the War
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Paragraph 6 of the Emancipation Proclamation ushered in a new era. Here's how.
Read More10 Tips for Using Archives
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So many boxes, so little time! How to make the best use of a trip to an archives.
Read MoreWhat Lies Beneath?
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What will a trip to the Kiplinger Library at the DC Historical Society (future home of an Apple Store) reveal?
Read MoreSilent Sentinel: Then & Now
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At Signature Theatre in Arlington, high school students learn how century-old suffrage protests resonate today.
Read MoreA Wonderful Harriet Tubman Discovery
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Harriet Tubman in her mid-40s--a newly discovered photo that is a real gem!
Read MoreSorghum: The Abolitionists' Sweet
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Abolitionists sought to "grab your wallet" through non-slave labor products like sorghum.
Read MoreJulia Ward Howe & Julia Wilbur
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Julia Ward Howe & Julia Wilbur traveled in different circles--but they did connect at least once.
Read MoreHeroines of Mercy Street Revisited
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A few notes from Heroines of Mercy Street, by Pamela Toler.
Read MoreMathew Brady's Photographs of Civil War Alexandria
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The story behind 6 Mathew Brady photos of Civil War, Alexandria.
Read MoreAbolitionist "Social Media"
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Well before Facebook and Twitter, 19th-century activists still connected and mobilized.
Read MoreWhat would Julia think?
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No protest marches in Julia Wilbur's life, but she was there in spirit.
Read MoreMercy Street Is Returning!
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A month or so ago, I got a peek at episode #1 at a roundtable with the producer.
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