Telling the Truth in History – Secrets
Why did we create a coloring book? And why did we give it away? The answer to both questions is the same. We want to tell the story and remove the secrets.
Are You Intensely Curious?
Are You Intensely Curious?
Tag American Revolution
Love My Blended Family in the American Revolution
We think of blended families as a modern phenomenon, but they were pretty standard in Colonial times. I wrote a story based on historical records of my ancestor Arthur Parr and his relatives during the American Revolution. Arthur had four…
The American Revolution – A View from the South
Like most Americans, I studied the American Revolution in Elementary School, maybe a little in High School. And in college, I needed one History class so I took History of the American Revolution. And most of the maps looked something…
Arthur Parr – Revolutionary War Service Part 2
Colonial patriots may have seen the end of the war in sight if they could just dislodge the British from the South. Count Pulaski had left General George Washington’s side to create the first calvary that was called Pulaski’s Legion…
Young Arthur Parr – Revolutionary War Service, Part 1
Arthur Parr was born July 5, 1758, in Rowan, North Carolina. He was the first son of Arthur Parr (Maryland) and Margaret Wright (Hillsboro, North Carolina). When Arthur was 6 years old, his father died from injuries received transporting an…