Dolley and James Madison chose to wed on the specific date of September 15, 1794, for a wonderfully sentimental reason. Madison’s parents married on that same day fifty-one years prior in 1743. Ho...
EPIC PATRIOT CAMP 2022 BOOK RELEASE!! This summer my historical author friend, Jenny L. Cote, and I conducted a four-week online writing camp focused on writing the story of 1776. We had 25 virtual ca...
This summer my historical author friend, Jenny L. Cote, and I conducted a four-week online writing camp focused on writing the story of 1776. We had 25 virtual campers who each assumed the identity of...
Happy 1st Birthday to “Dolley Madison and the War of 1812” Dolley Madison and the War of 1812 was born an entire year ago, hard to believe! What a privilege it has been to entert...
Let’s hear it for the Birthday Girl! Dolley Payne Todd Madison turns 254 years young on May 20. The U.S. Postal Service issued this stamp on her 212th birthday in 1980. She was the fourth of eight c...
What’s a “War Hawk”? Waaaaaay back in the day while studying at Georgetown and then Catholic Law School, I spent many a night at the Hawk ‘n’ Dove on Pennsylvania Avenue near the...
Nowadays Washington, DC, is renowned for its gridlock, along with many other more positive attributes. However, when James Madison was sworn in as our fourth president on March 4, 1809, “Washington ...
At a time when we are all *still* discussing the best way to prevent the spread of Covid-19, it’s interesting to look back at how General George Washington handled the devastating smallpox epidemic ...
Please don’t miss this EPIC opportunity for the kids in your life to get one-on-one with my fellow children’s historical author, Jenny L. Cote, and myself for this online writing camp! We awar...