The Constitution's cruise will be viewable from the Boston Harborwalk, Castle Island and Charlestown Navy Yard.  I saw no mention of whe...

From the June 28, 2024, Navy "USS Constitution to go underway in honor of Independence Day.' The ship is scheduled to go underway f...

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge arrived at Princeton in late December 1805.   In March, Cabell joined 125 other students protesting against the P...

Two of the "rioters" at least came to the next session at William and Mary, "but the records are lost, and only the name of A...

Since I've been writing a lot about this guy. From the 1908 William and Mary Quarterly Magazine. "'The Great Rebellion' at ...

"Being of the opinion that it would more comport with the views of the General Assembly, that these swords should be presented to the p...

From the December 5, 1827,  Richmond Whig newspaper "Governor's Communication. "Upon my first entering into office, I received...

From WikiTree.  Also his mother Rebecca (Hunter) Holmes. Joseph Holmes (1746-1806) was the father of both David Hunter, Mississippi Territor...

According to Bobbie Reno, the court-martial was illegal.  Helms should have been punished for going AWOL, not executed for desertion. Modern...

From the June 7, 2024, Times Union by Kenneth C. Crowe II. Town historian Bobbie Reno has a letter from the U.S. Army showing a ground penet...

Commander Crystal Schaefer previously served on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77). She is a native of M...

U.S. navy. BOSTON--   The USS Constitution's 78th commanding officer will take command of the historic ship during a Change-of-Command c...

From WikiTree. I mentioned Governor David Holmes of the Mississippi Territory several times when writing about Andrew Hunter Holmes.  He lat...

In 1936, as part of its mission to provide employment through public works projects during the nationwide Great Depression, the Works Progre...

From Wikipedia. Fort Holmes is a fortified earthen redoubt located on the highest point of Mackinac Island.  Originally built by the British...

The British held Fort Mackinac until the end of the War of 1812 until it was returned with the Treaty of Ghent.  When the Americans reoccupi...

 From the June 2, 2024 CHCH (Canada) by Kiana Ferreira. The Battle of Stoney Creek started on the night of June 5, 1813 and was a turning po...

During March 1814, the commander of American forces at Detroit, Colonel Butler, ordered Captain Andrew Holmes of the 24th Tennessee Regiment...

Andrew Holmes fought a duel with a man named Peyton Smith near present-day Shepherdstown, West Virginia.  Both men were from prominent famil...

From Find-A-Grave BIRTH:  1782, Frederick County, Virginia DEATH:  4 August 1814, (aged 31-32),Mackinac Island, Michigan CENOTAPH:  Fort Mac...