You couldn’t ask for a more expert virtual tour than from someone who works here! I have been fortunate enough to work at the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial as a Museum Attendant (at the time of filming). I knew that MacArthur was a larger than life historical figure…but I never know HOW BIG he wasContinue reading “Virtual Tour of the MacArthur Memorial | Norfolk, Virginia”
Category Archives: On Location
Top Tips for Visiting Colonial Williamsburg
I wish I had this advice when I first visited Colonial Williamsburg…so I thought I would try and share it with you! These are some great tips and advice for anyone looking to come to this great place of American History. Tell them Walk With History sent you!! Plan your visit:https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org Intro: 0:00Visitor’s Center: 0:10TheContinue reading “Top Tips for Visiting Colonial Williamsburg”
Your Colonial Williamsburg First Family Visit
Visiting Colonial Williamsburg for the first time with our family was an amazing experience. And since this is our 40th Walk With History episode…we wanted to give you a behind the scenes look at what it’s like to make Walk With History videos with our family in tow! We are so grateful to the WalkContinue reading “Your Colonial Williamsburg First Family Visit”
History and Hauntings: Ghosts in Gettysburg Pennsylvania
Go to Gettysburg early enough in the morning and you basically have the whole town to yourself…which is exactly when you notice how many of these buildings have a ghost story attached to them. Take the old orphanage on Cemetery Hill. After the battle, so many kids in Gettysburg had lost their fathers that theContinue reading “History and Hauntings: Ghosts in Gettysburg Pennsylvania”
Touring the Gettysburg Address Location
Most people who visit the Gettysburg National Cemetery walk up to a monument, read the plaque, and assume that’s where Lincoln stood when he gave the Gettysburg Address. I did too, honestly…until I found out that monument marks the wrong spot. For years, the story was that Lincoln stood right there, in the National Cemetery,Continue reading “Touring the Gettysburg Address Location”
Visiting Little Round Top | Strong Vincent at the Battle of Gettysburg
Have you ever had to make a call that nobody actually gave you the authority to make? That’s the position Strong Vincent found himself in on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. He was 26 years old. A lawyer from Erie, Pennsylvania, before the war…not exactly the résumé you’d expect for the man who endsContinue reading “Visiting Little Round Top | Strong Vincent at the Battle of Gettysburg”
The Last Modern Day Witch Trial | The Witch of Pungo
We walk in the footsteps of the last of the modern day 18th Century Witch Trials in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (this was right after the Salem Witch Trials) Grace Sherwood was accused of being a witch…and the results of those accusations are probably not what you would expect! Intro 0:00Grace Sherwood Marker 0:16Grace Sherwood StatueContinue reading “The Last Modern Day Witch Trial | The Witch of Pungo”
Walking with George Washington: The Battle and Surrender at Yorktown
We visit the Yorktown Battlefield on the 240th anniversary of the surrender at Yorktown. We will take you through the visitor’s center, and the stops around the battlefield. Plan your visit:https://www.nps.gov/york/index.htm Intro 0:00Visitors Center 0:11Victory Monument 6:03Stop A British Inner Defense Line 8:30Stop B Grand French Battery 9:49Stop C Second Allied Siege Line 12:08Stop DContinue reading “Walking with George Washington: The Battle and Surrender at Yorktown”
The Civil Right Museum and Facts You Didn’t Know About the MLK Assassination
I visit the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee and talk about LITTLE KNOWN FACTS of the MLK Assassination. It leads one to believe that James Earl Ray was not the actual assassin. Intro: 0:00Background of MLK Assassination: 0:18The Church and The Mountaintop Speech: 3:21The Lorraine Motel: 7:40James Earl Ray: 8:07MLK is Shot: 11:47Coretta King:Continue reading “The Civil Right Museum and Facts You Didn’t Know About the MLK Assassination”
How to RESEARCH a Historic Marker (part 2)
I show you how I researched during my work to put up a historic marker in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. This marker is dedicated to the first documented lynching in Memphis, that occurred on January 1st, 1851. While I was never able to find the actual name of the enslaved man that was killed, I talkContinue reading “How to RESEARCH a Historic Marker (part 2)”