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How To Take an Easy Fun Car Tour of Gettysburg

This national battlefield covers 6,000 acres in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. So much to see here!!! July 4, 1863 Telegraph from President…

1 year ago

Thank You, Flight 93. You died so that I might live.

Thank you, Flight 93: You died so that I might live. It was 8:30 a.m. on the morning of September…

6 years ago

Sending Our Son to War in the Beginning of the War on Terrorism

*****Alan's mother, Donna, aka Nonna, is here today to share with us a speech she gave at her church in…

7 years ago

Shock and Awe, March 22, 2003

The Last Visit For a few minutes there, people began to joke that the 4th Infantry Division was never actually…

7 years ago

Real Army Wives: When Reality Smacks You in the Face

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7 years ago

The Bonhoeffer Book & That Famous Niemoller Quote

I loved what Bonhoeffer wrote in his Advent letter of 1938 to Confessing Church leaders. I love it because the…

7 years ago

A Letter from the Civil War

We have managed to maintain a couple of old letters from the Civil War. Alan's family has at least one,…

8 years ago

Our Favorite Books from Homeschool Year 2

There is a time of day that is my absolute favorite. It's the hour at the end of the day…

8 years ago

Hey, It’s Okay to be an Undecided Major!

I was a freshman at the University of Alabama. Back then it felt like I was undecided about EVERYTHING. That…

9 years ago

School Planning Time! Story of the World History plans are in the works.

It is 2:30. Nobody mess this up. JD is sleeping. Dan is voluntarily in his room building something with Lego…

9 years ago