http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:49:09 -0700 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:49:04 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m11d23-A-hardluck-ship-and-a-brave-sailor?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner William Henry Allen was a proud young man when he was appointed as a third lieutenant in the young U.S. Navy. He had joined at the age of 16 and now, newly promoted, he was aboard the USS Chesapeake, under the command of Commodore James Barron. It wa... Area History Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:49:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m11d23-A-hardluck-ship-and-a-brave-sailor?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m11d15-The-real-pirates-are-coming?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner Samuel Bellamy was a real 18th century pirate… Sometimes known as “Black” Sam Bellamy, he was known to have flown “a large black flag, with Death’s head and bones a-cross…”  And he had a good pirate pe... Pirates Area History Museums Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:41:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m11d15-The-real-pirates-are-coming?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Remember-the-veterans?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner Remember the veterans!U. S. Census BureauIt was called the “war to end all wars” and when it ended with an Armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the First World War had cost the United States over 116,000 d... Area History Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:08:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Remember-the-veterans?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m11d2-The-famous-photograph-that-never-was?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner Starboard view of the USS Monitor, showing the famousrevolving turret, taken July 9, 1862.Library of CongressIt was the most celebrated ship in the U.S. Navy at the time… the ironclad USS Monitor. It had fought the Confederate ironclad, CSS Vi... Area History Civil War Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:02:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m11d2-The-famous-photograph-that-never-was?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m10d25-History-for-Halloween-part-2-was-Joan-Wright-Americas-first-accused-witch?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner Although the English arrived in Virginia in 1607, and immediately began to look askance at the local Indians as agents of the Devil (Part 1), it was not until 1626 that they really began to look for witches among themselves.In September of that ... Area History Colonial Witchcraft Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:32:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m10d25-History-for-Halloween-part-2-was-Joan-Wright-Americas-first-accused-witch?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m10d25-History-for-Halloween-Americas-first-witchcraft?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner With Halloween approaching, we think of witches and goblins, so I thought it might be interesting to look at the historical truth… Do you know that we had supposed witches and devils here in Virginia long before they appeared up in Massachuset... Area History Colonial Witchcraft Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:29:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m10d25-History-for-Halloween-Americas-first-witchcraft?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Horse-stealing-in-old-Virginia?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner  Notice of a stolen horse in the Virginia Gazette, 1771. Henry Whiting and John Throckmorton of Gloucester County, Virginia, were visiting Fredericksburg in October of 1772 when they became a crime statistic. And just because they had left ... Area History Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:30:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Horse-stealing-in-old-Virginia?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m10d12-The-wedding-gown-flag?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner It was summer in Virginia, hot and humid. The young wife and mother sat on the porch of her house in order to catch a breeze and the light, as she lovingly stitched a large piece of white silk into a flag. As she did so, she must have thought of... Area History Civil War Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:27:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m10d12-The-wedding-gown-flag?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Naval-aviation-had-to-start-somewhere?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner  A commemorative stone recalls the event, but few of the people who walk by it every day could actually tell you what it says, or even care. As is true with so much of history, the man and deed are little remembered.Such would not have been the ... Area History Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:08:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Naval-aviation-had-to-start-somewhere?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m9d26-The-Yankees-and-Mrs-Andersons-Wine?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner The battle of Williamsburg, which occurred on May 5, 1862, was officially a “rear-guard” action which allowed the Confederate army to get away towards Richmond. The immediate result was that, as the Southern army retreated, much of easter... Area History Civil War Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:57:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m9d26-The-Yankees-and-Mrs-Andersons-Wine?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m9d16-The-little-war-part-2-What-happened-to-the-goat?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner In my last offering, I wrote about our little war with the King of Spain, twelve year old Alfonso XIII. The immediate reason of our declaration of war against the little king in 1898 was the destruction of the armored cruiser USS Maine.The Maine had ... Area History Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:00:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m9d16-The-little-war-part-2-What-happened-to-the-goat?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m9d10-The-little-king-the-little-war-and-Hampton-Roads?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner Americans have always liked a good enemy… someone to make fun of, tell jokes about, and have a war with… Just look at our history. Beginning with England’s King George III, there has been Santa Anna, Kaiser Wilhelm, Hitler, Tojo, ... Area History Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:21:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m9d10-The-little-king-the-little-war-and-Hampton-Roads?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Discovering-witches-in-colonial-Virginia?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner A common superstition of old that has survived to the present day is the belief that horseshoes are good luck amulets and ward off evil. In particular, Virginians of the seventeenth century considered a horseshoe to be a powerful talisman. If the end... Area History Colonial Witchcraft Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:54:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Discovering-witches-in-colonial-Virginia?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Virginia-History-101-Who-remembers-Henry-Frederick?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner The young man was witty and popular in school, involved in sports and concerned with national affairs. He had a strained relationship with his father, liked Italian art, disliked his younger brother, and objected to oaths and swearing. He seemed to h... Area History Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:50:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Virginia-History-101-Who-remembers-Henry-Frederick?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m8d19-Making-more-historical-connections-a-lonely-beach-a-little-girl-and-Picketts-Charge?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner The young soldier had recently been widowed. On leave from his unit, and trying to forget the wife he had lost in childbirth, he spent time on a lonely stretch of beach, reading and watching the waves, lost in thought. The only person who paid much a... Area History Civil War Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:49:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m8d19-Making-more-historical-connections-a-lonely-beach-a-little-girl-and-Picketts-Charge?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Till-they-rot-and-fall-away-the-price-of-piracy-in-Virginia?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner Blackbeard may have been the most notorious pirate to have terrorized the Chesapeake Bay, but he was by far, not the only one… A lesser known French buccaneer by the name of Louis Guittar was a major pain to Virginia in the earliest years of t... Pirates Area History Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:42:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Till-they-rot-and-fall-away-the-price-of-piracy-in-Virginia?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m8d7-Up-up-and-away?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner We take for granted the aircraft that daily fly over us these days, from military jets, to commercial and private planes, to traffic helicopters… but it was not always so….Two hundred years ago, when people looked up they expected to se... Area History Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:28:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m8d7-Up-up-and-away?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m8d1-Keeping-cool-with-history?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner During the ultra-hot and humid days of late summer, there is a way to keep cool and enjoy yourself in the Hampton Roads area… visit one of the area’s fine history museums. There, you will not only be able to keep cool in an air condition... Area History Museums Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:08:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m8d1-Keeping-cool-with-history?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m7d26-The-tragically-sexless-end-of-Johnny-Ty?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner One might think that if your husband had just lost his job and you were stuck in a hotel during a hurricane, that you might have more on your mind than the family pet… But Julia Gardiner was an unusual young woman.The date was June of 1845. Th... Area History Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:06:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m7d26-The-tragically-sexless-end-of-Johnny-Ty?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m7d21-The-sleeping-sentinel-now-sleeps-on-Virginias-Tidewater-Peninsula?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner Yorktown, Virginia is normally associated with General George Washington and the Revolutionary War siege of 1781. It was there that the American Army, aided by our French allies, defeated the British, which in turn helped secure our independence.Eigh... Area History Civil War Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:26:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12089-Tidewater-History-Examiner~y2009m7d21-The-sleeping-sentinel-now-sleeps-on-Virginias-Tidewater-Peninsula?cid=exrss-Tidewater-History-Examiner