What Makes Piscataway Park Special?
What makes Piscataway Park Special? I recently started work for the National Park Service. Because I …
What Makes Oxon Hill Farm and Oxon Cove Park Special?
What makes Oxon Hill Farm and Oxon Cove Park Special? I recently started work for the …
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What Makes Fort Washington Park Special?
I recently started work for the National Park Service. Because I have some writing experience I …
A Comedy of Errors- Chasing Cows
A Comedy of Errors- Chasing Cats Cows The following is absolutely true. I am writing this …
It is Now Time to “Pull out all the Stops!”- The Cool Story Behind a Common Phrase.
When we say we are going to “pull out all the stops,” we are saying we …
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Historian mini-rant: NAPOLEON DID NOT HAVE A NAPOLEON COMPLEX!
I was reading a respected news site today and they had an article talking about a …
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Fun Fact of the Day: The Neat Story Behind the Word “Sheriff”
As should be pretty clear, I love the history of words and the stories they tell. …
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Why is Easter called Easter?
The etymology of Christmas is not that hard to see. It is the Christ-Mass. That works. …
April Fools’ Day! Why?
Where did April Fools’ Day come from? In a previous post I spoke about how January …
The Odd Origin of the Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian is a wonderful, amazing place (well…19 places). It is America’s national museum(s). The only …