I’ve posted before about some of the online gimmicks that allow you to virtually visit historic sites, whether via aerial photos or webcams. Lately I’ve been trying the same thing with Google Street View, which allows you to travel along roads and look around for a 360° view. The images come from car-mounted cameras, so it only works [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Virtually on the ground
Posted in History on the Web, Museums and Historic Sites, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bunker Hill, Fort Moultrie, Gettysburg, Google Street View, Independence Hall, Lexington and Concord, Pickett's Charge on November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Abe gets an upgrade
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Disneyland, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln on November 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Disneyland is bringing back its “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln” show, complete with a brand-new, state-of-the-art animatronic figure. Here’s a sneak peek.
This attraction has such a long history that it’s become a cultural artifact in its own right. It debuted at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, opened at Disneyland the next year, closed in 1973 to make [...]
Chatting up a Pilgrim
Posted in Colonial America, Museums and Historic Sites, tagged Pilgrims, Plimoth Plantation on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s an interview with a costumed interpreter at Plimoth Plantation that popped up today on one of the Boston Herald blogs. Describing his job, he invokes the names of both Batman and Santa Claus, neither of whom are subjects of frequent discussion in most other professional circles.
I’m under the weather, so check this out
Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m discovering that when you have bronchitis you spend half your time coughing and the other half in a state of medication-induced unconsciousness. That doesn’t leave much time for blogging, so let me direct your attention to an item over at the Army of Tennessee blog. It deals with the uses of documentary evidence about material [...]
A frontier outpost of the British Empire
Posted in Colonial America, Museums and Historic Sites, Tennessee History, tagged Cherokee, Fort Loudoun, Fort Loudoun State Historic Area, French and Indian War, Sequoyah, Tellico Blockhouse, Tennessee History on November 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of my historic site reviews, but the other day I tagged along on a trip to Fort Loudoun State Historic Area near Vonore, TN. This is another of those fascinating frontier-era sites in East Tennessee that I’ve intended to visit for a good, long while. (It’s funny how you’ll drive hundreds [...]
