About Me

I am a 41 year old true blue AMERICAN. I am a wife, a mother of 5, sister and a History Geek. I decided to start this blog because they seem to frown on me wanting to be a nurse without a degree. I truly believe that patriotism is in our blood, our father stressed that we knew history and all 50 states and their capitals. I cry every time I hear the National Anthem, I can't listen to TAPS without tears, veterans make my heart flutter, I have been known to ask people to take their hats off during the Anthem and have punished my children for speaking during the Anthem.

My youngest daughter (who is now 15) always wanted to be the Crocodile Hunter or Veterinarian until last year, she told me that she wanted to be a Historian and someday run the Smithsonian. I was shocked but definitely see it in her blood too. She has her sites set on The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

I have always loved American history and I love the research. In recent years I have started really reading and learning about true history instead of the fluff they teach you in school. I never had the opportunity to attend college to sit in front of a History professor, so I am self teaching. This blog is going to be about the things I am discovering about history, I am really interested in the time between when Christopher Columbus did NOT discover America to the Civil War. Our current city library is really small so the books are limited, but I am also using the Library of Congress website and some university libraries, I will share that information with you as I find stuff. Please feel free to discuss or post things on the blog, but know that I am a control freak and if I don't like it, it will be removed.