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The Roving Historian: La Purisima Mission State Park

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History for the rest of us. About Jim T. Broumley. The Roving Historian on Facebook. The Boldest Plan is the Best. Saturday, April 11, 2015. La Purisima Mission State Park. Or, what I did on my Spring Break. That's right, road trip to a historic site. The first stop is the museum at the. We chose to visit La Purisima Mission State Park. The walking tour will take you past. The heritage animals kept at the. Mission: sheep, pigs, foul, donkeys. And this critter. Very impressive. Location: La Purisima Missi...

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The Roving Historian: Book R & R: Verdun

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History for the rest of us. About Jim T. Broumley. The Roving Historian on Facebook. The Boldest Plan is the Best. Saturday, February 8, 2014. Book R and R: Verdun. This Book Review and Recommendation is on " Verdun: The Longest Battle of the Great War. I'm afraid also that even less attention will be paid to the significant events of the "Great War" that occurred prior to the United States' entry into the war in April, 1917. With the recent release of " Verdun: The Longest Battle of the Great War. The 5...

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The Roving Historian: A Cure for Cultural Incompetence?

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History for the rest of us. About Jim T. Broumley. The Roving Historian on Facebook. The Boldest Plan is the Best. Monday, August 18, 2014. A Cure for Cultural Incompetence? Okay, not to get too preachy here, or start a political debate or anything like that, but you have to admit that most of us Americans are horribly ethnocentric. And pretty weak in cultural competence. To a great Ted Talk video on the subject.). And their relationship with the United States. Which I highly recommend; it is not fluff, ...

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The Roving Historian: The Soccer Game That Probably Wasn't

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History for the rest of us. About Jim T. Broumley. The Roving Historian on Facebook. The Boldest Plan is the Best. Sunday, December 21, 2014. The Soccer Game That Probably Wasn't. The Christmas Truce of 1914. Christmas vacation has started for most public schools and colleges. Finally there is time to relax and pick up the blog again. I also have the time to watch one of my favorite news magazine shows on television, CBS Sunday Morning. This morning there was a segment on the Christmas Truce of 1914.

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The Roving Historian: Happy Easter!

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History for the rest of us. About Jim T. Broumley. The Roving Historian on Facebook. The Boldest Plan is the Best. Sunday, April 20, 2014. Happy Easter, to all! In the meantime, I ran across a nice 3-minute video from the History Channel about Easter that I thought was very well done. So much so that I thought I would share it with you here. It sums up the history of the Easter holiday so much better than I could. Enjoy! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Doing the Appalachian Trail.

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The Roving Historian: Book R & R: Hazelet's Journal

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History for the rest of us. About Jim T. Broumley. The Roving Historian on Facebook. The Boldest Plan is the Best. Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Book R and R: Hazelet's Journal. This Book Review and Recommendation is on " Hazelet's Journal. By George Cheever Hazelet, edited by J.H. Clark. I admit that I predominantly read (and write! He left his family behind and struck out with his partner, Andrew Jackson Meals, for Alaska. An educated man, Hazelet kept a detailed journal of his experiences. Hazelet and ...

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The Roving Historian: Book R & R: The Last of the Doughboys

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History for the rest of us. About Jim T. Broumley. The Roving Historian on Facebook. The Boldest Plan is the Best. Thursday, July 25, 2013. Book R and R: The Last of the Doughboys. Today's Book Review and Recommendation is "The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War" by Richard Rubin. And others. He has one other book out. We have to hurry and collect their stories while we still can! Didn't have a list, they only estimated (based apparently on actuarial tables) tha...

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The Roving Historian: Book R & R: Some Spring Reading

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History for the rest of us. About Jim T. Broumley. The Roving Historian on Facebook. The Boldest Plan is the Best. Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Book R and R: Some Spring Reading. One of the great things about spring break was the opportunity to read some books of my choosing. I've had a couple on the shelf that I've been saving for the break. One is historical fiction, the other is California history. Both were good reads. The Road to Kandahar, A Novel of the Second Afghan War, 1878-1880 by David Smethurst.

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The Roving Historian: The 187th Airborne Infantry, the "Rakkasans"

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History for the rest of us. About Jim T. Broumley. The Roving Historian on Facebook. The Boldest Plan is the Best. Wednesday, October 16, 2013. The 187th Airborne Infantry, the "Rakkasans". Bob Broumley (my dad) at Kumwha, Korea. Not only did they make two combat jumps, but as the theater's strategic reserve were used as a stopgap to avert disaster on more than one occasion. As some of the regular readers know, my dad is a Korean War veteran. I thought I'd share it here with you:. Soldiers of the 187.