Articles, essays, and features about US History.
While in Park City, Utah, I went on the one-hour guided tour of the 400-acre Olympic Park. The Winter Games were held here in 2002 and in 2034 they will host them again. Before the tour began, my husband and I spent some time exploring the Olympic museum. There are…
When you are working with an aggressive itinerary, decisions, sometime difficult, have to be made about how much time you can spend at one place. Arriving at Zion National Park in mid-May, my husband and I got a sense of how busy the park was based on the fact that…
Sister Rain Note: I first learned of Major John Andre while watching the AMC TV series, “TURN: Washington’s Spies.” I was totally hooked by the story of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring. A few years ago, I spent a day in Tappan, New York, the location where, upon General George…
Sister Rain Note: I first learned of Major John Andre while watching the AMC TV series, “TURN: Washington’s Spies.” I was totally hooked by the story of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring. A few years ago, I spent a day in Tappan, New York, the location where, upon General George…
I am excited to share that I have a story, A Revolutionary Tradition, published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: That Christmas Feeling. The book is filled with stories about the funny, meaningful and unexpected things that happen during the holidays. It goes on sale September 29th in bookstores and…
The Philipse Manor Eagle is a cast-iron sculpture located next to the southbound platform parking lot of the Philipse Manor Metro-North Train Station and the adjacent park in Sleepy Hollow, New York. This landmark sits along the Hudson River, a short distance from the Tarrytown Lighthouse. Weighing two tons with…
Sister Rain Note: I first learned of Major John Andre while watching the AMC TV series, “TURN: Washington’s Spies.” I was totally hooked by the story of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring. A few years ago, I spent a day in Tappan, New York, the location where, upon General George…
Sister Rain Note: I first learned of Major John Andre while watching the AMC TV series, “TURN: Washington’s Spies.” I was totally hooked by the story of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring. A few years ago, I spent a day in Tappan, New York, the location where, upon General George…
Sister Rain Note: I first learned of Major John Andre while watching the AMC TV series, “TURN: Washington’s Spies.” I was totally hooked by the story of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring. A few years ago, I spent a day in Tappan, New York, the location where, upon General George…
Sister Rain Note: A few years ago, I spent a day in Tappan, New York, the location where, upon General George Washington’s orders, Major John Andre was hanged as a spy, a result of his involvement with Benedict Arnold in the plot to surrender West Point to the British. (Click…
