My home is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains (in the background here). This is looking east, Stuarts Draft, Virginia. Why would I want to live anyw...

The thrust of these exaggerations is to recast slavery as a distinctly capitalistic enterprise, which, in turn, services the 1619 Project’s political message...

I remember it so well. I was 11 years old. Many of my family members were impacted.

Our oldest daughter is an accomplished, strong young woman; a wife and mother of four beautiful girls. She holds a bachelor's degree (with honors) in history...

Summer reading with my grandchildren: “I have told you what it was like for me when I was growing up. Although much would change, something there remained:...

Indeed it is. And long overdue. [Don't subtract, add.] "Handprints are visible in some of the University of Virginia’s oldest bricks. Underneath attic stair...

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Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia was a most depressing place to be in March of 1865. The doctors and staff were in dire straits, as were the wounded...

Joseph A. Waddell wrote a rich history of Augusta County, Virginia: Annals of Augusta County, Virginia - From 1726 to 1871. Trained as a lawyer, he came to ...

Yesterday was Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller's birthday. Puller was a USMC Lt. General and considered one of the best and bravest marines in USMC history. He w...

I finally finished my essay on Johnny Reb which will be published at the Essential Civil War Curriculum website soon. I've been putting off the edits suggest...

My great-great grandfather and great-grandfather on my father's side were cotton and tobacco farmers in Southside Virginia. My grandfather taught me how to r...

The rural lifestyle is something we here at Relics & Bones embrace with gusto. With our HQ here in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, we are also blessed with bei...

I realize that this Sunday is Mother's Day, but this photo of my son and grandson came across my feed t his morning, so I thought I'd share it. After 10+ yea...

The United States Army wanted a spiffy new service uniform . . . So it turned the clock back. Way back.

I've worked the last few Saturdays cleaning up our property from the winter storms. A severe ice storm, followed by high winds brought down dozens of trees a...