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July, 2014

Jul 21 Private property rights vital to American way of life

January, 2014

Jan 22 County’s devotion to Democratic Party has ‘passed on’

December, 2013

Dec 26 For the first time ever, Clay County is ‘Republican Red’

November, 2013

Nov 20 Comprehensive Farm Bill an opportunity to grow the economy

Nov 05 American Diabetes Month: Thoughts from one of the statistics

October, 2013

Oct 08 Georgia: Last but no least

August, 2013

Aug 29 Delaware: The First State

Aug 03 Delaware: Land of the Lenape

July, 2013

Jul 22 The City of Brotherly Love

Jul 02 Penn’s Woodlands

June, 2013

Jun 11 Commemorating the past in Bluegrove

April, 2013

Apr 03 The Province of New Jersey

March, 2013

Mar 20 New Amsterdam, New Netherland

Mar 11 Carolina: North and South

Mar 04 Religious tolerance in Maryland

Mar 01 Who put the Mary in Maryland?

February, 2013

Feb 18 Christmas questions No. 9 and 10

Feb 08 Christmas question No. 8

Feb 04 Christmas question No. 7

January, 2013

Jan 29 Christmas question No. 6

Jan 16 Christmas question No. 5

Jan 11 Christmas questions 3 and 4

Jan 10 New comments section, Twitter handle implemented to ‘advance the conversation’

Jan 03 Christmas question No. 2

December, 2012

Dec 27 Christmas question No. 1

Dec 19 Christmas Quiz

Dec 09 Ann Hutchinson

November, 2012

Nov 26 Religious dissension in Colonial America

Nov 07 Freedom of religion

October, 2012

Oct 30 A shining city upon a hill

Oct 23 The Massachusetts Bay Colony

Oct 16 King Philip’s War

Oct 09 Colonial frenemies

September, 2012

Sep 24 Happy Thanksgiving

Sep 18 From Patuxet to Plymouth

August, 2012

Aug 28 The Pilgrims’ Distress

Aug 23 Hottern’ Hell Hundred: Race will cause fewer problems than ride – maybe

Aug 21 The Pilgrims’ Progress

Aug 14 Virginia successes and failures

Aug 07 John Rolfe and the American Dream

July, 2012

Jul 30 Pocahontas

Jul 23 John Smith

Jul 17 The Jamestown Colony

Jul 09 Finding the lost colony of Roanoke

June, 2012

Jun 25 Lost Colony of Roanoke

Jun 18 English colonization

Jun 04 The Northwest Passage

May, 2012

May 28 The Columbian Exchange

May 22 North, Central and South Columbia

May 14 ‘I have become my mother’ is a hope-filled phrase

May 14 Happy Columbus Day

May 07 …Sailed the ocean blue

April, 2012

Apr 30 In 1492, Columbus…

Apr 23 The Spanish space race

Apr 16 ‘How now’ without Joe Brown?

Apr 15 Polo, plague and Portugal

Apr 02 The adventures of Marco Polo

March, 2012

Mar 25 Eastward, ho!

Mar 19 Reliable food: Permanent settlements

Mar 11 Buffalo: It’s what’s for dinner

Mar 05 Noble, savage, or normal

February, 2012

Feb 26 A big new world

Feb 19 An ancient melting pot

Feb 13 Water, Water everywhere

Feb 06 Why walk when you can float?

Feb 06 Matt’s Fat: Excuses, excuses

January, 2012

Jan 29 Pre-Columbian peoples

Jan 22 Washington was human

Jan 11 Matt’s fat: Today’s the day

Jan 10 First, know thyself

Jan 04 Thinking historically

December, 2011

Dec 17 Red velvet cake brings hope on holiday

October, 2011

Oct 29 Time enough: Monarchs to be enjoyed

Oct 09 Steady, gentle, healing rain

Oct 04 Feeling Lucky

September, 2011

Sep 16 A Pioneer Reunion lesson learned

Sep 12 iPhone App Helps Consumers Avoid Bad Leftovers

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