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Category 1900s

Posts about events in the 1900s

Chapter 1: Social Justice Warriors

Disclaimer for social media: This is historical fiction for entertainment only. Any resemblance to living persons is accidental. Resemblance to current events is pure imagination. Interaction with actual history is sheer conjecture. (The rest of us already knew this, right?)… Continue Reading →

Fixing History: Series Index

If you could fix history, would you? Looking for the chapter where you left off? Scroll down for a complete list. As each chapter is published, its link will become active. Not sure what the series is about? Read on…… Continue Reading →

Love Thy Neighbor, Part 8: The Promise of Communism

I’ll never forget the day the Wall came down.  I was watching a 3-inch TV screen, the biggest I could afford.  A few months into my first real teaching job, I was finally in my own apartment instead of a… Continue Reading →

Love Thy Neighbor, Part 3: Christianity in Practice

I recently began attending a new church, because my hubby was hired as its worship pastor.  I’m excited about how this little church of 50+ is reaching out to its community.  At Christmas, we asked the local schools for a… Continue Reading →

Ty Cobb – A Casualty of History

Last spring, I made a deal with my middle-school student.  If he turned out a decent essay about a historical sports figure, I’d publish it on my blog.  It took a while, but he did it.  Today, I’m fulfilling my… Continue Reading →

The Battle of Georgia: A World at War with the Flu

The Great War was far away and long forgotten in rural California, at least before the US got involved.   That was the era when my grandfather, Jack, came of age.  He wanted to learn scientific ways to improve the family… Continue Reading →

Here’s to Heroes!

A Historical Perspective for Father’s Day   What do you think of when you hear the word, “Hero?”  I’ll admit, my family loves superhero movies, so that’s where my brain goes first. But we have a lot of other people… Continue Reading →

James Norman Hall

Quick quiz: What do you remember about World War I? If you answered “The Red Baron,” you’re not alone. A certain beagle flying a red doghouse cemented that image for me. (Snoopy’s creator, Charles Schulz, made his home here in… Continue Reading →

To church or not to church?

All too often, government thinks it can answer that question.  Each time, the faithful of every religion have to make tough choices.  In the US, we take freedom of religion for granted.  But given the current political climate, it’s worth… Continue Reading →

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