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Now the Welsh discovered America….

Nov 15, 2023

buildings, travel

Alabama, America, Appalachians, castles, Christopher Columbus, explorers, fratricidal strife, Ireland, Mobile Bay, Prince Madog, Templars, Vikings, Wales

We were always taught that Columbus discovered America in 1492. Then the Vikings (see here) and Irish (see here) were said to have beaten him to it, and maybe the Templars too (see here). But now it seems the Welsh have thrown their hat into the ring as well. In this article it is declared…
King Richard III Visits Alabama

Aug 24, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, buildings, films, genealogy, religion, Science

Alabama, Amazon, Netflix, Paul Murray Kendall, Philippa Langley, Rhoda Edwards, Richard III Society, Sally Hawkins, Scottish Branch, Starkey, Steve Coogan, The Capri, The Lost King, Thomas Costain

It’s been a long wait for American Ricardians. The Lost King was released in Great Britain about six months ago to generally excellent reviews. And during those six months I have read all the Facebook posts from happy Ricardians extolling the virtues of the movie while I sat on my couch fuming because it was…
Born back Ceaselessly into the Past: the History of the Fitzgeralds

Apr 3, 2023

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, law, The play’s the thing

“Stepping out with Scott and Zelda”, Abraham Lincoln, Alabama, American War of Independence, Anglo-Irish relations, assassination, Baltimore, Drew-Barrymore stock company, Earl of Kildare, executions, F Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgeralds, flappers, Francis Scott Key, Gallowglass, Ghiraldinis, Henry VIII, House of York, Ireland, Italy, Jazz Age, John Wilkes Booth, judges, Kentucky, Kildare Rebellion, Lincoln conspiracy, Lord Baltimore, Mary Surratt, Maryland, Minerva Machen Sayre, Munster, Norman-French, Philadelphia, renaissance, Richard III, Scotts, Senators, Susquehanna River, The Spar Spangled Banner, Thomas Cresap, Trinity College, Tyburn, United Kingdom, USA, Willis B. Machen, Yorkshire, Zelda Sayre

When most people think of the beautiful Scott and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, they tend to think of the Jazz Age. That is the epithet coined by Scott to explain the wild ride of the 1920s – the drinking, the music, the partying, the real estate and stock market boom. And let’s not forget literary genius.…

Alabama

Now the Welsh discovered America….

King Richard III Visits Alabama

Born back Ceaselessly into the Past: the History of the Fitzgeralds