by Meg Dunn | Jul 5, 2016 | National History
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, In early June, I had the pleasure of seeing Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. Although it was an active fort during the Revolutionary War, World War I, and World War II, it is best known as the place where our national...
by Meg Dunn | Jun 21, 2016 | Cultural Character, National History, People Groups, Red Mountain & Soapstone
On June 18th, the Buffalo Soldiers of the American West came to Soapstone Prairie to lead a horseback ride through the region’s amber waves of grain. But first, Fred Applewhite, the first officer, gave a short presentation on the history of the Buffalo Soldiers....
by Meg Dunn | Jun 9, 2016 | National History
Although this is a local history blog, it’s fair to occasionally expand our view to include the stories of our nation’s past. Even when events happened in times or places far removed from our own local experience, they still have had an impact upon who and...
by Meg Dunn | Feb 17, 2015 | Denver, Museums & Historic Sites, National History, People Groups
When Paul Stewart was growing up in Iowa in the 1930s, he loved to play “Cowboys and Indians” with his friends. But he always ended up playing the role of the Indian because, so his friends told him, there was no such thing as a Black cowboy. It...
