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Vaccination Controversy of 1721

by Kate Dolan | Apr 17, 2021 | Articles, Colonial America, Latest Posts, Living History

Some are terrified by the disease, and others are more frightened by the new vaccine introduced to produce immunity to the disease. While I could be talking about today’s reaction to COVID-19, I’m referring to the situation 300 years ago in Boston. In the spring of...

Glamping May Have Saved the Republic: George Washington’s Attempt to Win French Support with a Fancy Campsite

by Kate Dolan | Sep 18, 2019 | Colonial America, Living History

We may owe our independence as a nation to a fancy tent and some pilfered uniforms. As autumn began in 1782, George Washington set up camp outside New York City. A year after the decisive victory at Yorktown, the situation was by no means as jubilant as most Americans...
Twelve Angry Women? The Mysterious Colonial Jury

Twelve Angry Women? The Mysterious Colonial Jury

by Kate Dolan | Jul 16, 2019 | Colonial America, Living History

Since the laws in the U.S. did not grant women the universal privilege to vote until 1920, most people are aware that women’s ability to participate in the political and legal process was severely restricted for centuries after the first European settlers landed on...

Anderson House – Supporting Equality through Downton Abbey Splendor

by Kate Dolan | Jan 20, 2019 | Articles, Colonial America, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Servants, Travel

The immense popularity of the British series Downton Abbey in the U.S. shows that despite our commitment to the concept of equality, many Americans are fascinated by the lifestyles of those living in a society where the accident of your birth could grant you a life of...

Searching for The Ghosts of Boiling Springs

by Kate Dolan | Oct 27, 2018 | Colonial America, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Travel

With a name like Boiling Springs, I expected Vincent Price to be dangling victims from a hook over steaming waters. Maybe not every day, but this close to Halloween, I was looking for morbid stories. However, when we arrived in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, we...

Ellicott City – a Short History of a Town Fighting to Remain in Existence

by Kate Dolan | May 29, 2018 | Colonial America, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History

I don’t live in historic Ellicott City, but I’ve wanted to ever since I first drove through the winding hilly streets about 30 years ago. Instead we live across the Patapsco River about ten minutes away in Catonsville, and though our home and community...
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