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Old Bone
- Sep 11, 2019
- 1 min
Home Sweet Home
My home is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains (in the background here). This is looking east, Stuarts Draft, Virginia. Why...
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Old Bone
- Aug 19, 2019
- 1 min
50 Years Ago Today
I remember it so well. I was 11 years old. Many of my family members were impacted.
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Old Bone
- Aug 6, 2019
- 3 min
My Daughter's Sense of Place
Our oldest daughter is an accomplished, strong young woman; a wife and mother of four beautiful girls. She holds a bachelor's degree...
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Old Bone
- Jul 23, 2019
- 1 min
"An allegiance and a love for one small place."
Summer reading with my grandchildren: “I have told you what it was like for me when I was growing up. Although much would change,...
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Old Bone
- Jul 19, 2019
- 1 min
"It's Good Work"
Indeed it is. And long overdue. [Don't subtract, add.] "Handprints are visible in some of the University of Virginia’s oldest bricks....
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Old Bone
- Jul 13, 2019
- 1 min
NC WBTS Historian Michael Hardy Holds Forth With Dr. Chris Mackowski
More here at Emerging Civil War.
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Old Bone
- Jul 5, 2019
- 6 min
Born on the 4th of July
Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia was a most depressing place to be in March of 1865. The doctors and staff were in dire straits,...
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Old Bone
- Jul 1, 2019
- 2 min
"The Confederacy Never Enlisted My Affections"
Joseph A. Waddell wrote a rich history of Augusta County, Virginia: Annals of Augusta County, Virginia - From 1726 to 1871. Trained as a...
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Old Bone
- Jun 27, 2019
- 1 min
Lt. General Chesty Puller, Jackson & Lee
Yesterday was Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller's birthday. Puller was a USMC Lt. General and considered one of the best and bravest marines...
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Old Bone
- Jun 24, 2019
- 1 min
The Enduring Legacy of Johnny Reb
I finally finished my essay on Johnny Reb which will be published at the Essential Civil War Curriculum website soon. I've been putting...
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Old Bone
- Jun 13, 2019
- 1 min
Preserving Our Tobacco Heritage
My great-great grandfather and great-grandfather on my father's side were cotton and tobacco farmers in Southside Virginia. My...
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Old Bone
- Jun 11, 2019
- 1 min
Ode to the Country Summer
The rural lifestyle is something we here at Relics & Bones embrace with gusto. With our HQ here in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, we are...
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Old Bone
- May 10, 2019
- 1 min
The Legacy of Fathers
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...
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Old Bone
- May 6, 2019
- 1 min
The Army Looks Back
The United States Army wanted a spiffy new service uniform . . . So it turned the clock back. Way back.
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Old Bone
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
Slow Down. Whittle.
I've worked the last few Saturdays cleaning up our property from the winter storms. A severe ice storm, followed by high winds brought...
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