More than 200 pieces of an 18th century ship, each triple-wrapped and on its way to Texas A&M for conservation. A good event in Alexandria, the day after the shootings at Simpson Field.

Notes from a talk about Theodore Roosevelt Island by NPS expert Brad Krueger, who also spurred my visit there last weekend.

A Maine woman made life less miserable for thousands of soldiers in Alexandria, VA.

I created a Julia Wilbur Walking Tour. Here's how. (And I will do it again, now that I have road-tested it!)

A pearl of wisdom here, a comment there, by authors at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.

Julia Wilbur drew a picture of Nine Partners Boarding School, which she attended at age 14--and I recently got a look at it.

The courtroom where Mary Surratt and 7 others were tried--then and now.

How did people in the mid-19th century take care of their teeth?

About 500,000 left slavery during the Civil War. As Chandra Manning's new book details, they took enormous risks in their search for freedom.

Julia Wilbur records what she felt and saw the day after Lincoln's assassination.

Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office was lost for decades. Here's how it was found.

Paragraph 6 of the Emancipation Proclamation ushered in a new era. Here's how.

So many boxes, so little time! How to make the best use of a trip to an archives.

What will a trip to the Kiplinger Library at the DC Historical Society (future home of an Apple Store) reveal?

At Signature Theatre in Arlington, high school students learn how century-old suffrage protests resonate today.

Harriet Tubman in her mid-40s--a newly discovered photo that is a real gem!

Abolitionists sought to "grab your wallet" through non-slave labor products like sorghum.

Julia Ward Howe & Julia Wilbur traveled in different circles--but they did connect at least once.

A few notes from Heroines of Mercy Street, by Pamela Toler.