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Care Burpee
Sep 9, 20225 min read
Mary, Queen of the Scots
9 September 1543: Mary Stuart crowned Queen of the Scots When Shakespeare penned the line, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” he...
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Care Burpee
Sep 8, 20225 min read
Long Live King Charles III
I was quite literally awakened this morning not by my alarm but instead by the incessant buzzing of constant news notifications. As I...
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Care Burpee
Jul 17, 20204 min read
Explorers' Sketchbooks: A Just Because Book
Sometimes while searching for books for one post I come across a title that doesn't really fit but is too wonderful not to highlight....
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Care Burpee
Jul 16, 20207 min read
Racing to the Bottom of the World
16 July 1872: Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, is born in Borge, Østfeld, Norway. Race to the End: Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment...
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Care Burpee
May 9, 20204 min read
United coast to coast!
10 May 1869: Transcontinental railroad completed as the ceremonial final spike is driven at Promontory Point, Utah Iron Rails, Iron Men,...
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Care Burpee
May 8, 20202 min read
Wild West in London
9 May 1887: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show opens in London, giving Queen Victoria and the English a look at real American cowboys and...
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Care Burpee
May 7, 20202 min read
Siege of Orléans
8 May 1429: End of the English siege of the French city of Orléans Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley Nonfiction/Illustrated biography...
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Care Burpee
Sep 29, 20192 min read
Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People
by Monica Brown illustrated by Julie Paschkis I was drawn to this book because a Communist Chilean poet seemed a peculiar subject for a...
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