Three Squares a Day

As a family, learning the foundations of our American history is fast becoming a matter of adventure and play.  The more fun I have researching Thanksgiving, and “how they did stuff way back when,”  the more my kids get a kick out of doing things a little different than normal.
I recently completed the writing of [...]

In-Home Reenactor’s Guide Sparks New Thanksgiving Fire
Lebanon, Oregon – Home educator and history enthusiast Carrie Franzwa is releasing the first at-home guide for re-introducing historic authenticity to Thanksgiving.  The unique guide is titled “How to Re-create an Authentic 1621 Thanksgiving,” and offers an eye-opening look at the historical foundations of our national holiday, and challenges [...]

As I have spent the last couple months immersed in the study of America’s colonial beginnings, I spent a great deal of time pondering issues related to the influence of early European slave trading.  I was saddened to learn that the practice threatened peace in this nation from our very opening moments, when slave traders embarked in [...]

We recently learned that the former National D-Day Museum, now the National World War II Museum, located in New Orleans, Louisiana,  is planning a major expansion.  Originally the museum represented only the European D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, but popular demand has prompted the museum to aim for representing every facet of America’s global [...]