I was thinking about Jeffrey Amherst yesterday. Or rather, Amherst was thrust upon me as I walked through the National Portrait Gallery in London and his face jumped out at me in three paintings. Two were “face in the crowd” works that ensured you knew that yes, HE was there, so was that other HE……
Smallpox During the Revolutionary War more than 130,000 people living in North America died from Smallpox. Of those fighting in the war, about 7000 died in the war, while more than 17,000 died from disease. And smallpox was the biggest killer on the continent. Variola virus, or smallpox is spread through physical contact, airborne through…
The winners get to write the history. That maxim has dictated what we’ve learned in history books, at church or in the stories told time and again through generations. Whether its historical perspective, political correctness gone awry or a long overdue reset, there’s no doubt that some of the historical figures of the past are…