The Magical History Tour

Last week, I began a series to encourage people to visit historic sites. After posting an article on the a drop in the number of people visiting historic sites and museums, several people stated that it was mainly due to cost. So here is a list of sites that you can visit for free, or…

Recently and article was posted on the Magical History Tour Facebook page about the decline in people visiting historic places. On the post there were several comments about the cost to visit many historic places. So I felt that it was time to research what places people could visit for free or at a low…

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In…

Yellow Creek is a tributary to the Ohio River in Hancock County, West Virginia, currently at the site of the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming resort. On this land, a horrible massacre took place and those who perpetrated the massacre walked free and were even made out to be heroes to some. On April 30,…

On July 1, 1863, the first shots of the Battle of Gettysburg were fired. However, thirty miles north of Gettysburg, another battle was taking place. J.E.B Stuart and his cavalry forces had made his way to the north seeking supplies for his forces. On the evening of July 1st, Confederate troops led by Lt. Gen.…

At the onset of the Civil War, New Orleans was the largest city in the confederacy as well as a large inland port. New Orleans was the transfer point where products from Mississippi, Louisiana and other confederate states along the Mississippi river, the low draft river boats could transfer their stock to ocean going vessels…

On April 10, 1778, The USS Ranger set sail from Brest, France to begin a campaign of Naval Guerrilla Warfare against the British Navy. At the helm of the Ranger was Captain John Paul Jones a man who would become a legend of naval warfare and a star of the United States Navy. The Ranger…

Martin Delany is probably the most recognized name in the abolition movement in Pittsburgh. He was born in Charles Town, Virginia (now part of West Virginia) the son of a slave and reportedly the grandson of a Prince, his grandparents were taken by slave traders and sold into slavery in the American colonies. Reports from…

“We are fallen into the most unhappy times when even innocence itself is nowhere safe!” The Boston Gazette published this quote about the British Occupation of Boston in February 1770. The people of Boston were quite unhappy with the constant view of British soldiers sent to Boston to enforce the Townsend Acts passed by the…

On this day in 1861, Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States. At the time of his inauguration, five states had already seceded from the Union. Yo can read his speech here.