HISTORY MATTERS  

Last January I reported on the way technology is changing the craft of writing history. Just one year later, things have changed radically again. For example, I am talking this article into my computer hands-free. When I speak, the typed words appear on the screen. (Continued below)

When it comes to holiday stories, Charles Dickens gets the plum pudding for his masterful tale of Scrooge and Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol, now playing in cinemas and performance theatres across the nation. When we think of birds, the name John James Audubon springs to mind. A single copy of his huge illustrated book Birds of America sold recently at Sotheby’s for $11.5 million, making it the most costly book in history. But what if we combine the two – Christmas and birds? (See full story below)

HISTORY MATTERS  

Portsmouth, NH historian Ralph May spend five years searching for the best definition of the placename “Piscataqua.” But to understand the meaning of the name, you really need a canoe, not a dictionary. Here’s the story of his journey, and ours, to a place where many rivers and lives have parted. (Continued below) 

At Plimoth Plantation it is always 1627.  The tourists come and go, grow old and die, but the hardy members of the Mayflower Colony are untouched by time. If a role player depicting Elder William Bradford or Captain Myles Standish moves on, then another role player takes his place at the living museum. (Continued below)