Sometimes there are moments that really help solidify who you are, where you’re supposed to be and what you should be doing with your life. Since moving to New York, I’ve had more of these types of serendipitous moments than
Purple Heart.com Relaunch
Sorry I’ve not been posting. Forgive my absence; things are just bonkers here! I’m doing my genealogical certification currently and working on a new website to boot! My first grand-baby is about to come and I’ve been so swamped planning
DAR Margaret Corbin Day Ceremony
Yesterday, I attended my first “official” Daughters of the American Revolution event at West Point’s Military Academy to honor the Revolutionary War heroine Margaret Cochran Corbin. While the weather was positively wretched, misting all day long with nary a beam
The Terrible Death of Ebenezer Wheeler
If you watch AMC’S show TURN: Washington’s Spies, you’re well aware of the the Queen’s Ranger leader Robert Rogers. As noted in the show, Rogers fought in the French & Indian War. My 1st cousin, 7X removed, Ebenezer Wheeler enlisted
My Family’s Civil War Romance
It would seem that what I initially thought could have been semi-scandalous and involved star-crossed lovers running away together, was probably more likely that her father was at his sister’s deathbed and sent the brother Jacob in his stead to sign her marriage application.