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Category Archives: Holidays
Civil War Cooking: Mrs. Robert E. Lee’s Gingerbread
Go to the source! That’s what historians say, right? There are so many variations of “Lee’s Favorite Gingerbread” and I was excited to try a version from THE SOURCE. Mrs. Robert E. Lee of Arlington actually wrote multiple gingerbread versions in … Continue reading
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Tagged civil war cookin, Civil War Cooking, cooking-history-2021, gingerbread Christmas cookies, Mary Lee
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Civil War Cooking: Pumpkin Pie — From Field to Table
Take a pumpkin, make a pie. Mrs. Lydia Child’s explains how this was done in the mid-19th Century in her book The Frugal Housewife: For common family pumpkin pies, three eggs do very well to a quart of milk. Stew … Continue reading
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Tagged civil war cookin, Civil War Cooking, cooking-history-2021, pie
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Bring on the (Historical) Turkey!
Here are a few of favorite Thanksgiving blog posts that I’ve written in previous years. Wishing you all a wonderful and delicious holiday! The Lincoln Turkey Pardon Lincoln Pardons The Turkey, But Not General Porter The Union Gives Thanks–The Soldier’s … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving from Emerging Civil War
By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that … Continue reading
WWII Burials in Gettysburg National Cemetery
November 19th is the 158th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address, given at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, now Gettysburg National Cemetery. Located atop Cemetery Hill in the midst of America’s bloodiest battlefield, Lincoln delivered an immortal … Continue reading
Veterans Day: “Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire”
“But, nevertheless, the generation that carried on the war has been set apart by its experience. Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset … Continue reading
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Tagged civil war photography, civil war veterans, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Veterans Day
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An Eagle Cake on the Fourth of July
John S. Mosby It has been a few years since I posted the story below but it still resonates every year with me because of the incredible feat the women of Point of Rocks, Maryland, accomplished: creating a 25 foot … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: The 4th of July
All of us at ECW, and Walt Whitman, wish our readers a glorious 4th. “Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.” Walt Whitman
“Dear Papa…I wonder how you still can be so good to me”
Josiah Gardner Abbott (b. 1814) had a busy professional life as one of Massachusetts most successful attorneys and a regular civil servant in the offices of county judge, state representative, and state senator, but he made time to influence the … Continue reading
