Blogging about the past

The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) During World War Two.

Forgot to share this one, mainly about the controversy over the Confederate flag and what the Lost Cause is and means:

https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/of-lost-causes-and-confederate-flags/

The Make Do and Mend Campaign During World War Two.

How the British public were kept informed and entertained during the Second World War.

Blogged about Liberia Plantation, which I visited this weekend. They need funds to help restore the place:

https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/liberia-plantation/

Operation Pied Piper: The evacuation of Britain's cities at the start of World War Two

Life in Ireland During World War Two.

New post on the fearless and quite insane Lady Hester Stanhope:
https://travellerantiqueland.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/hester-queen-of-the-desert/

Connecting blogs

Yes, I think that's a good idea. I'll be blogging once a month for The History Girls, starting on November 25th. I'm currently near the end of a novel called King of the Vast, set in Regency and Victorian London. It's the final volume of my Bedlam trilogy and I always find endings very difficult - I can't quite let go.

A couple random Antebellum/Civil War things tossed together: thoughts on another blog post, a quote, a painting, Confederate flags . . .

https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/antebellum-and-civil-war-potpourri/

Blogged about finding the price of cotton circa 1830:

https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/cotton-prices-a-research-coup/

Another blog from me, about the research I've done on my four-times great grandfather, who was a Civil War soldier. I'd previously done some research on him but needed to fill in a few gaps. I was able to do that: https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/civil-war-sleuthing-james-c-huhn-part-2/

angeliz2k said:

Another blog from me, about the research I've done on my four-times great grandfather, who was a Civil War soldier. I'd previously done some research on him but needed to fill in a few gaps. I was able to do that: https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/civil-war-sleuthing-james-c-huhn-part-2/

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Fascinating stuff. With all the focus on battle we often forget just how dangerous the Civil War was even for support troops.

Sunflowerrei, I can't see "Alexander Hamilton" anymore without singing the name . . .

angeliz2k said:

Sunflowerrei, I can't see "Alexander Hamilton" anymore without singing the name . . .

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Neither can I.

I wrote a few blog posts about Mercy Street, the PBS show about a Civil War hospital in Alexandria (I still need to recap the final episode):

Episode 1: https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/mercy-street-episode-1/
Episodes 2-3: https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/mercy-street-episodes-2-3/
Episodes 4-5: https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/mercy-street-episodes-4-5/

I also wrote my thoughts on the movie Finding Neverland as a piece of historical fiction:
https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/finding-neverland-a-reaction/

Annnddd, finally, another blog post about Mercy Street (episode 6): https://queensransom.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/mercy-street-episode-6/

Pirates of the south-west Irish coast:
http://taleswildatlantic.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/kinsale/

I blogged about the legality and some of the social aspects of being LGB in Revolutionary War era America.