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MEMORIAL DAY 2015 – WE HONOR OUR FALLEN PATRIOTS

2015-05-23

As Memorial Day moves nearer, I reflect on the loss of my Grandfather. He served in the Navy in World War II and in the Air Force during the Korean conflict. He was someone we all looked up to and respected him not only as our Grandfather but as a Patriot that had risked all for …

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HENRY JOHNSON AND THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS

2015-05-23

In my last post, I neglected to go into detail about the Harlem Hellfighters, a New York National Guard Unit comprised entirely of black recruits. I have attached a History Channel video clip tells their story and story of Henry Johnson. This pre-civil rights era is truly a black eye in America’s History. June 2, 2015, it …

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IT’S ABOUT TIME OUR LOCAL AMERICAN PATRIOT IS HONORED BY HIS OWN COUNTRY

2015-05-18

It is amazing to me that it has taken the United States of America so long to recognize the valor of its own Patriot. France recognized Henry Johnson’s sacrifice years ago with the Cross of War. These photos were published by the Times Union in August 2014 as part of a collection of photos featuring the …

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IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND A GOOD PLACE TO BEGIN

2015-05-13

Well, it is beautiful in the North East United States. After a long winter, the barren trees have just decided to POP with color. Rolling over the hills of Massachusetts and eastern New York along the I90 corridor is a sight to see. As I drift north and west from the Springfield, MA area, heading …

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Hey You Found Our New Blog Site

2015-04-29

Hello everyone and welcome to our new site, Patriot Tickets New England. We hope you will check back with us soon and see what we have added for your reading enjoyment.

Mary Walker, the "Original New Woman" 2020-03-25
Mary Edwards Walker defied convention in just about everything she did. Walker was uncompromising in her beliefs about herself and the world she lived in. She declined to conform to social expectations, which sometimes cost her greatly; until her dying day Walker refused to be anyone but herself, a trait even some of her detractors […]
Science and political protest: A Q&A with Dr. Florence Haseltine 2020-03-04
In March 1995, Ladies Home Journal named Dr. Florence Haseltine one of the ten most important women in medicine. Haseltine, currently Presidential Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, has long been identified as one of the nation’s leading advocates for women’s health. Having earned a PhD in biophysics from MIT and an […]
Pennies and nickels add up to success: Maggie Lena Walker 2020-02-27
Maggie Lena Walker was one of the most important Black businesswomen in the nation, and today too few people have heard of her.Maggie Lena Walker, from the Scurlock Studio Collection in our Archives Center.Maggie Lena Walker was the first Black woman in the nation to organize and run a bank. And she did it in […]
In 1868, black suffrage was on the ballot 2020-02-27
Every election season in the United States revolves around a set of issues—health care, foreign affairs, the economy. In 1868, at the height of the Reconstruction, the pressing issue was black male suffrage. When voters went to the polls that November, they were asked to decide if and how their nation's democracy should change to […]
How butterfly wings helped a new collecting initiative take flight 2020-02-21
The museum has created a new collecting initiative focused on how undocumented activists are leading fights for political representation. On face value, it seems unusual that people without citizenship could be a force in government. It’s unusual but not unprecedented. In fact, these new acquisitions will add to existing collections that highlight how people—without citizenship […]
Does an amendment give you the right to vote? 2020-01-31
In 2020, the Fifteenth Amendment—the first voting rights amendment added to the U.S. Constitution—celebrates its 150th anniversary. You’ve likely heard, perhaps on the news or in the classroom, that the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave or granted African American men the right to vote. It’s a turn of phrase that works as a […]
Thinking about impeachment like a historian 2020-01-21
This week, the third impeachment trial of a sitting U.S. president begins. As we prepare to bear witness to this historic moment, we spoke with political history curator Jon Grinspan about how historians look at impeachment. What is impeachment?Impeachment is actually a vote to put the president on trial, not a trial or a conviction. The sitting […]
100 years later, do we think Prohibition was good for the nation? 2020-01-17
January 17, 1920, was an important day in American history. Why? Because on that day the grand social experiment called Prohibition was first enforced. The Volstead Act, the law that put enforcement teeth into the Eighteenth Amendment, banning intoxicating beverages, went into effect. The transformation of the nation from an alcoholic republic to a dry […]
Our most-read blog posts of 2019 2019-12-30
2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, the 75th anniversary of D-Day, and the 150th anniversary of completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Our most-read blog posts of 2019 marked those anniversaries and went beyond. How did the Transcontinental Railroad impact Indigenous communities?When the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, some people celebrated the railroad as a […]
A winning design: Prang’s Christmas card contests of the 1880s 2019-12-23
Have you ever wondered how companies pick their holiday card designs? How do they know what will sell? During the 1880s, Boston lithographer Louis Prang had an innovative answer: contests. He sponsored contests for holiday card designs, where both judges from the art world and consumers had the opportunity to help select the best designs.Prang […]