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Friday, August 21, 2026

The Most Powerful and Notorious Address on Earth - Domus Augustana Part 2

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  by Liisa Eyerly #1  AI image #2 Domitian I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia C...
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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Western Hearths: Keeping Cool with Vintage Lemonade

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August in the Wild West could make a homesteader long for winter, especially the cook. Baking, cooking, and preserving often turned the kitc...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

The Treacherous Thousand Island Shipping Channel

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During the Gilded Age, the Thousand Islands occupied a unique position between leisure and industry. While the region became renowned for op...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

The Methodist Minister They Called "Fightin' Jack"

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by  Tom Goodman   Before Texas communities had pastors and church buildings, many depended on circuit riders: preachers who traveled on hors...
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Monday, August 17, 2026

Sharing My Birthday Month with Some Historical Female Trailblazers

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  In celebration of my birthday, I thought I'd share a few women in history who were born in August. Let's look at four women an...
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