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Illustration: "The Boston Massacre" (1770) as depicted in a colored engraving by Paul Revere. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910 (accession no. 10.125.103); www.metmuseum.org.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Mary Jackson, ‘She Merchant’ of Boston, Part 2

By Melissa Berry on August 17, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series about women in colonial America with Part 2 of Mary Jackson and her son William’s story... (Read More)

Photo: cover of the first U.S. edition of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by Mark Twain, 1884. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Mark Twain Defends ‘Huckleberry Finn’

By Tony Pettinato on August 14, 2020

An article about the acerbic response Mark Twain wrote when the Denver Public Library banned “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in 1902... (Read More)

Photo: the Opha May Johnson monument, St. Paul’s Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., was unveiled on 29 August 2018. Credit: Lance Cpl. Paul Ochoa of U.S. Marines; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: First Woman Joined U.S. Marine Corps – in 1918!

By Tony Pettinato on August 13, 2020

An article about Opha Johnson, who became the first woman to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps when she joined the Marine Corps Reserve on 13 August 1918... (Read More)

Photo: the United States Marine Corps began allowing some civilian employees to telework from home in 2010. Credit: United States Marine Corps.; Wikimedia Commons.

Quarantine Advice: Enjoy a Genealogy Conference from Home

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 11, 2020

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives many good tips to prepare for participating in an online genealogy conference or presentation... (Read More)

Illustration: a depiction of the Old State House, c. 1801. The Brazen Head was located nearby in the adjacent square. Credit: James Brown Marston; Wikimedia Commons.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Mary Jackson, ‘She Merchant’ of Boston

By Melissa Berry on August 10, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Mary Jackson, one of the women in colonial America who ran businesses and took out newspaper ads to promote them... (Read More)

Photo: Buzz Aldrin salutes the U.S. flag on the Moon, taken by Neil Armstrong, 20 July 1969. Credit: NASA/Neil A. Armstrong; Wikimedia Commons.

Bored with Quarantine? Fun ‘Look Up Quotes’ Game to Play

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on August 7, 2020

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak suggests a game to shake the quarantine blues: finding quotes in historical newspapers... (Read More)

Illustration: tavern scene. Credit: Edwin Tunis papers, University of Oregon; Lauren Goss, MLIS, CA, Special Collections Public Services Librarian.

Colonial Dames Entrepreneurs: Their Stories and Their Ads, Part 2

By Melissa Berry on August 5, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues to show how women in colonial America ran businesses and took out newspaper ads to promote them... (Read More)

Photo: “The ‘Little Folks’ Painting Book” by Kate Greenway, 1879. Credit: Internet Archive.

Celebrating National Coloring Book Day

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 3, 2020

Yesterday was National Coloring Book Day, inspiring Gena Philibert-Ortega to search old newspapers to learn more about painting and coloring books... (Read More)

Photo: Mah Jong tiles of late 19th century. Credit: Brooklyn Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Fun and Games in the Newspaper: Mah Jong

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 31, 2020

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about this Chinese game that was very popular in the U.S. in the 1920s... (Read More)

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