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Yesterday’s Game - Live Oak vs. The Rochesters

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Saturday’s 1865 rules base ball game was rather high-scoring. I was a little surprised by this since last year the higher scoring games I saw were one days that the wind was very strong, but Saturday only had the slightest of breezes.
This game also only went eight innings. It was hot out and [...]

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Knickerbockers v. The Rochesters

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Today there was a 19th Century rules base ball game at the Genesee Country Village & Museum. The Knickerbockers took on the Rochesters. Despite having the lead for most of the game, the Rochesters failed to stop the Knickerbockers from getting the score tied in the 9th. Two extra innings later the Knickerbockers [...]

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Battle of Maiwand

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

A few years ago I became interested in the Second-Anglo-Afghan War. For some time I searched for information on the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment, but it was difficult here in the States. Finally I found a book specifically about the 66th and their last stand during the Battle of Maiwand.
On 27 July 1880, one-hundred [...]

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Opening Day

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Today was the first day of 1865 rules baseball at the Genesee Country Village & Museum. It was a double-header with all four local teams playing. Last years team, the Excelsiors have been replaced by Flower City. All of the teams are named for teams from the area of Rochester, NY in [...]

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Truth or Consequences

Saturday, May 22, 2010

March 1940, Ralph Edwards begins broadcasting his Truth or Consequences quiz show on NBC Radio. “On the show, people had to answer a trivia question correctly (usually an off-the-wall question that no one would be able to answer correctly, or a bad joke) and had about two seconds to do so before “Beulah the [...]

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Across the Blogosphere: The Lost State of Jefferson

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Back in October 2008 I wrote a post about the proposed State of Jefferson.  Over at the blog Strange Maps is an article on the same topic as well as a map from back in the day when they proposed creating the state (Follow this link to get to that article).  The map is much [...]

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Across the Blogosphere: The Bones of Santa Claus

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Saint Nicholas was a bishop in the city that is now Demre, Turkey back in the third century.  He would give gifts to the poor supposedly once even climbing down a chimney to leave a gift.
Centuries passed and when Muslims invaded the area the bones of Saint Nicholas were taken to Bari, Italy where they [...]

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Hawaii Overprint Note

Thursday, December 17, 2009

During World War II, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America became worried about a possible invasion of the Hawaiian Islands. If the Japanese managed to conquer the islands they would have access to a large amount of cash in the banks and owned by the businesses and citizens of the territory.

On this [...]

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RIP Robert G. Heft

Sunday, December 13, 2009

On 12 December 2009 Robert G. Heft, the creator of the current 50-star flag for the United States, died.  He was a high school student when he designed it as part of a school project.  He received a B- for his efforts, but when President Eisenhower chose his design to become the new flag for [...]

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Steagles vs. Packers; Regular Season Game 10

Sunday, November 29, 2009

It was to be the Steagles’ last game of the regular season; it was against the Green Bay Packers. 5 December 1943. “The lines had started forming outside the ticket windows at nine o’clock that morning, two-and-a-half hours before they opened and five hours before kickoff. It was the first NFL game [...]

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