home.social

#historygeek — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #historygeek, aggregated by home.social.

  1. @autistics

    So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!

    #AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek

  2. @autistics

    So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!

    #AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek

  3. @autistics

    So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!

    #AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek

  4. @autistics

    So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!

    #AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek

  5. @autistics

    So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!

    #AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek

  6. Want the quick Revolution 1989 summary? We cover the key turning points, from the Berlin Wall to Bucharest, in our new post.
    #Bookworm #HistoryGeek #Revolution1989Summary
    thisgrandpablogs.com/revolutio

  7. Gran Quivira is the largest of the three sites within the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. It is located about 25 miles south of , . It preserves the ruins of a large pueblo, once known as Las Humanas, and two Spanish mission churches built by the Tompiro people.

  8. Gran Quivira is the largest of the three sites within the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. It is located about 25 miles south of #Mountainair, #NewMexico. It preserves the ruins of a large pueblo, once known as Las Humanas, and two Spanish mission churches built by the Tompiro people.

    #NewMexico #travel #roadtrip #daytrip #weekendgetaway #Mountainair #earthpix #travelgram #instatravel #wanderlust #traveladdiction #travelforinsta #offthebeatenpath #history #historygeek #Tompiro

  9. Gran Quivira is the largest of the three sites within the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. It is located about 25 miles south of #Mountainair, #NewMexico. It preserves the ruins of a large pueblo, once known as Las Humanas, and two Spanish mission churches built by the Tompiro people.

    #NewMexico #travel #roadtrip #daytrip #weekendgetaway #Mountainair #earthpix #travelgram #instatravel #wanderlust #traveladdiction #travelforinsta #offthebeatenpath #history #historygeek #Tompiro

  10. Gran Quivira is the largest of the three sites within the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. It is located about 25 miles south of #Mountainair, #NewMexico. It preserves the ruins of a large pueblo, once known as Las Humanas, and two Spanish mission churches built by the Tompiro people.

    #NewMexico #travel #roadtrip #daytrip #weekendgetaway #Mountainair #earthpix #travelgram #instatravel #wanderlust #traveladdiction #travelforinsta #offthebeatenpath #history #historygeek #Tompiro

  11. Gran Quivira is the largest of the three sites within the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. It is located about 25 miles south of #Mountainair, #NewMexico. It preserves the ruins of a large pueblo, once known as Las Humanas, and two Spanish mission churches built by the Tompiro people.

    #NewMexico #travel #roadtrip #daytrip #weekendgetaway #Mountainair #earthpix #travelgram #instatravel #wanderlust #traveladdiction #travelforinsta #offthebeatenpath #history #historygeek #Tompiro

  12. My brain is so happy! I have a couple of translation projects (suggested by folks on #Mastodon) to pursue! I so love it here!

    #AudHD #ND #HistoryGeek #AncientLanguages #HappyBrain!

  13. My brain is so happy! I have a couple of translation projects (suggested by folks on #Mastodon) to pursue! I so love it here!

    #AudHD #ND #HistoryGeek #AncientLanguages #HappyBrain!

  14. My brain is so happy! I have a couple of translation projects (suggested by folks on #Mastodon) to pursue! I so love it here!

    #AudHD #ND #HistoryGeek #AncientLanguages #HappyBrain!

  15. My brain is so happy! I have a couple of translation projects (suggested by folks on #Mastodon) to pursue! I so love it here!

    #AudHD #ND #HistoryGeek #AncientLanguages #HappyBrain!

  16. My brain is so happy! I have a couple of translation projects (suggested by folks on #Mastodon) to pursue! I so love it here!

    #AudHD #ND #HistoryGeek #AncientLanguages #HappyBrain!

  17. TFW you (a history nerd) meets a fellow traveler (so to speak). . . . I feel seen! Thank you #HistoryNerdsUnited for this fabulous book review (P.S. Love the alternate title "We’re gonna need to rename a few things after this." #NYC #history #awardwinning #book @history #NamingGotham #newyork #historygeek
    historynerdsunited.com/2024/12

  18. TFW you (a history nerd) meets a fellow traveler (so to speak). . . . I feel seen! Thank you #HistoryNerdsUnited for this fabulous book review (P.S. Love the alternate title "We’re gonna need to rename a few things after this." #NYC #history #awardwinning #book @history #NamingGotham #newyork #historygeek
    historynerdsunited.com/2024/12

  19. TFW you (a history nerd) meets a fellow traveler (so to speak). . . . I feel seen! Thank you #HistoryNerdsUnited for this fabulous book review (P.S. Love the alternate title "We’re gonna need to rename a few things after this." #NYC #history #awardwinning #book @history #NamingGotham #newyork #historygeek
    historynerdsunited.com/2024/12

  20. TFW you (a history nerd) meets a fellow traveler (so to speak). . . . I feel seen! Thank you #HistoryNerdsUnited for this fabulous book review (P.S. Love the alternate title "We’re gonna need to rename a few things after this." #NYC #history #awardwinning #book @history #NamingGotham #newyork #historygeek
    historynerdsunited.com/2024/12

  21. TFW you (a history nerd) meets a fellow traveler (so to speak). . . . I feel seen! Thank you #HistoryNerdsUnited for this fabulous book review (P.S. Love the alternate title "We’re gonna need to rename a few things after this." #NYC #history #awardwinning #book @history #NamingGotham #newyork #historygeek
    historynerdsunited.com/2024/12

  22. Some great news. My book Naming Gotham won the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Regional Nonfiction (and was a Distinguished Favorite for US History). Check it out to learn more about corrupt NYC mayors of yore. @history #history #nyc #newyork #newyorkhistory #awardwinning #book #books #historygeek #historymatters #gossip #corruption

  23. Some great news. My book Naming Gotham won the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Regional Nonfiction (and was a Distinguished Favorite for US History). Check it out to learn more about corrupt NYC mayors of yore. @history #history #nyc #newyork #newyorkhistory #awardwinning #book #books #historygeek #historymatters #gossip #corruption

  24. Some great news. My book Naming Gotham won the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Regional Nonfiction (and was a Distinguished Favorite for US History). Check it out to learn more about corrupt NYC mayors of yore. @history #history #nyc #newyork #newyorkhistory #awardwinning #book #books #historygeek #historymatters #gossip #corruption

  25. Some great news. My book Naming Gotham won the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Regional Nonfiction (and was a Distinguished Favorite for US History). Check it out to learn more about corrupt NYC mayors of yore. @history #history #nyc #newyork #newyorkhistory #awardwinning #book #books #historygeek #historymatters #gossip #corruption

  26. Some great news. My book Naming Gotham won the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Regional Nonfiction (and was a Distinguished Favorite for US History). Check it out to learn more about corrupt NYC mayors of yore. @history #history #nyc #newyork #newyorkhistory #awardwinning #book #books #historygeek #historymatters #gossip #corruption

  27. Henry Melvill, Anglican priest, reflects on Simon of Cyrene, and abolition of slavery in British colonies. It’s just that Britain expended millions to ransom captives. Slavery is hostile to the spirit of the Gospel.

    Others today say abolition took too many risks and costs.

    How can you take risks and costs to end abuses to human dignity, which are hostile to the spirit of the Gospel?

    #christian #kindnessishot #morningdevotion #donation #historygeek

  28. Henry Melvill, Anglican priest, reflects on Simon of Cyrene, and abolition of slavery in British colonies. It’s just that Britain expended millions to ransom captives. Slavery is hostile to the spirit of the Gospel.

    Others today say abolition took too many risks and costs.

    How can you take risks and costs to end abuses to human dignity, which are hostile to the spirit of the Gospel?

    #christian #kindnessishot #morningdevotion #donation #historygeek

  29. Henry Melvill, Anglican priest, reflects on Simon of Cyrene, and abolition of slavery in British colonies. It’s just that Britain expended millions to ransom captives. Slavery is hostile to the spirit of the Gospel.

    Others today say abolition took too many risks and costs.

    How can you take risks and costs to end abuses to human dignity, which are hostile to the spirit of the Gospel?

    #christian #kindnessishot #morningdevotion #donation #historygeek

  30. Henry Melvill, Anglican priest, reflects on Simon of Cyrene, and abolition of slavery in British colonies. It’s just that Britain expended millions to ransom captives. Slavery is hostile to the spirit of the Gospel.

    Others today say abolition took too many risks and costs.

    How can you take risks and costs to end abuses to human dignity, which are hostile to the spirit of the Gospel?

    #christian #kindnessishot #morningdevotion #donation #historygeek

  31. Henry Melvill, Anglican priest, reflects on Simon of Cyrene, and abolition of slavery in British colonies. It’s just that Britain expended millions to ransom captives. Slavery is hostile to the spirit of the Gospel.

    Others today say abolition took too many risks and costs.

    How can you take risks and costs to end abuses to human dignity, which are hostile to the spirit of the Gospel?

    #christian #kindnessishot #morningdevotion #donation #historygeek

  32. Such fun talking with Apollo Papyrus about #NamingGotham & the #EnvironmentalJustice Chronicles. Learned a new word- Toponym (a place name, especially derived from a natural feature.)

    Friendly reminder: If you read Naming Gotham, I would appreciate your Amazon/Goodreads/Barnes and Noble review

    #NYC #history #historygeek @newyorkcity @history

    campaaronapollo.wixsite.com/ap

  33. Such fun talking with Apollo Papyrus about #NamingGotham & the #EnvironmentalJustice Chronicles. Learned a new word- Toponym (a place name, especially derived from a natural feature.)

    Friendly reminder: If you read Naming Gotham, I would appreciate your Amazon/Goodreads/Barnes and Noble review

    #NYC #history #historygeek @newyorkcity @history

    campaaronapollo.wixsite.com/ap

  34. Such fun talking with Apollo Papyrus about #NamingGotham & the #EnvironmentalJustice Chronicles. Learned a new word- Toponym (a place name, especially derived from a natural feature.)

    Friendly reminder: If you read Naming Gotham, I would appreciate your Amazon/Goodreads/Barnes and Noble review

    #NYC #history #historygeek @newyorkcity @history

    campaaronapollo.wixsite.com/ap

  35. Such fun talking with Apollo Papyrus about #NamingGotham & the #EnvironmentalJustice Chronicles. Learned a new word- Toponym (a place name, especially derived from a natural feature.)

    Friendly reminder: If you read Naming Gotham, I would appreciate your Amazon/Goodreads/Barnes and Noble review

    #NYC #history #historygeek @newyorkcity @history

    campaaronapollo.wixsite.com/ap

  36. Such fun talking with Apollo Papyrus about #NamingGotham & the #EnvironmentalJustice Chronicles. Learned a new word- Toponym (a place name, especially derived from a natural feature.)

    Friendly reminder: If you read Naming Gotham, I would appreciate your Amazon/Goodreads/Barnes and Noble review

    #NYC #history #historygeek @newyorkcity @history

    campaaronapollo.wixsite.com/ap

  37. Check out this fantastic World Herstory Podcast episode about Margaret Cochran Corbin. I first heard of her b/c Corbin Place in Brooklyn was renamed for her as an easy way to replace the name of odious anti-Semite and union buster Austin Corbin! #nyc #history #NamingGotham #podcast #herstory #brooklyn #womenshistory #historygeek @history @historyasif
    worldherstorypodcast.com/marga

  38. Check out this fantastic World Herstory Podcast episode about Margaret Cochran Corbin. I first heard of her b/c Corbin Place in Brooklyn was renamed for her as an easy way to replace the name of odious anti-Semite and union buster Austin Corbin! #nyc #history #NamingGotham #podcast #herstory #brooklyn #womenshistory #historygeek @history @historyasif
    worldherstorypodcast.com/marga

  39. Check out this fantastic World Herstory Podcast episode about Margaret Cochran Corbin. I first heard of her b/c Corbin Place in Brooklyn was renamed for her as an easy way to replace the name of odious anti-Semite and union buster Austin Corbin! #nyc #history #NamingGotham #podcast #herstory #brooklyn #womenshistory #historygeek @history @historyasif
    worldherstorypodcast.com/marga

  40. Check out this fantastic World Herstory Podcast episode about Margaret Cochran Corbin. I first heard of her b/c Corbin Place in Brooklyn was renamed for her as an easy way to replace the name of odious anti-Semite and union buster Austin Corbin! #nyc #history #NamingGotham #podcast #herstory #brooklyn #womenshistory #historygeek @history @historyasif
    worldherstorypodcast.com/marga

  41. Check out this fantastic World Herstory Podcast episode about Margaret Cochran Corbin. I first heard of her b/c Corbin Place in Brooklyn was renamed for her as an easy way to replace the name of odious anti-Semite and union buster Austin Corbin! #nyc #history #NamingGotham #podcast #herstory #brooklyn #womenshistory #historygeek @history @historyasif
    worldherstorypodcast.com/marga