Tuesday not quite Ten–Divorce in Victorian America

After doing Tuesday ten for lo these many years, we have decided to cut ourselves a little slack. Mostly because it’s darned hard to come up with ten of anything, never mind ten Victorian things. I am much relieved. So this week for my blog, I’m doing Divorce in Victorian America and not actually counting [...]

Taking a (day) Trip Back in Time

This past weekend, my family and I took a little day trip back in time. Not far from where I live in Rochester, NY, there is a jewel known as the Genesee Country Museum. Situated on 600 acres of beautiful farm land in Genesee County, NY, it’s a collection of the art and architecture [...]

Tuesday 10: To Knight or not to Knight

What makes Dame Judie Dench or Sir Paul McCarthy worthy of being knighted and er…damed? I have no idea. Sure, I like some of her movies and some of his songs, but knighted?
But here are 10 people knighted (ok, MEN considering the time) for various contributions to the crown. You be the judge.

Rowland Hill, [...]

Tuesday ten, Victorian Slang

From Random House Dictionary of American Slang, by J. E. Lighter. I have the first two editions, up to the letter O. The last one was never published, which irritates me to no end because these are really awesome books.I’m choosing these sayings randomly, not to pun or anything. Okay, I did [...]

The End of the East Indian Company

Commonly known for its vast interests world-wide, and for being richer than many monarchs, the EIC was formed by English Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600. Their goal was to favor trade privileges in India, with a 21 year monopoly on all trade in the East Indies. The Company transformed from a [...]

Battle of Gettysburg

Today is July 2nd. In the year 1863, one of the bloodiest battles lasting three days was happening in the little town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The battle began on July 1st and ended on July 3rd with a Union victory. Before this battle, the Confederate Army had been winning most of the battles, likely why they [...]

Tuesday Ten: Fascinating Fourth Facts

I really debated which way to go with this week’s Tuesday Ten; I thought about doing a blog on the time line of events leading up to the Signing of the Declaration of Independence; and I considered doing some Fourth of July trivia. Neither one really fit into the Victorian era, both were interesting [...]