The Lone Walk
At 5:30 this evening, Governor Charles Baker will take the Lone Walk, symbolically ending his eight years as Governor.
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Tag History
FDR’S D-Day Prayer
On the night of June 6, 1944, President Roosevelt went on national radio to address the nation for the first time about the Normandy invasion. His speech took the form of a prayer.
Further Thoughts on Monuments
As the debate continues about the future of Confederate Monuments, I have been giving monuments in general and our interpretation of history a lot of thought. Several questions have come to mind, and one is, as a Christian, what should…
History Podcasts
I am an avid podcast junkie. I used to spend hours driving from one place to another on a weekly basis and I was tired of talk radio and commercial radio stations, so I switched to podcasts to keep me…
The Election Day Sermon
Election Day of the 18th and early 19th century was very different than it is today. In Colonial New England, Election Day was a holiday, and there would be grand pageantry in cities and towns all across the colony. The…
The Story of the Pew
The most common question the Church Educators at The Old North Church are asked is, “what is the deal with the little boxes?’ The most common response is, “well these are box pews and each box was owned by a…
Slavery in Colonial Boston
In a previous post, I mentioned that I have begun giving tours of the Old North Church in Boston a couple of times a month. Giving these tours is an excellent opportunity for me to discuss history and religion…
William Bradford’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and…
Ben Franklin’s World Podcast, Well Worth a Listen
My office is the front seat of my vehicle as I travel from facility to facility visiting hospice patients. As such, I spend an enormous amount of time on the road, I logged almost 700 miles the last two weeks. …
Civil War Reconstruction @ 150
A new blog has been launched that will chronicle the effects of the period after the Civil War known as Reconstruction. The authors purpose for writing this blog is set forth in the first post. The purpose of this blog…