I love random events that introduce me to people from the past. It’s a dance with a ghost, a handshake with history. This is one of those stories… I’d driven by this monument several times over the last few years whenever I went to Foxwoods Casino for meetings. Shaped like a pawn on a chessboard,…
During the early days of the Revolutionary War, there were two epic marches of heroic proportion. Henry Knox’s Noble train of artillery in November and December 1775 was one. Benedict Arnold’s march through the wilderness of Maine for the invasion of Quebec in September to November 1775 was the other, and the one that seems…
Alexander’s Map A new year, and a new pursuit; this blog. So why the name? Alexander’s Map is a rare map published in 1624 to encourage colonization of the lands granted to William Alexander. The map gives an early, if inaccurate, glimpse at this region that I’m so fascinated with. Alexander’s Map stretches from present-day…