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Halloween Unmasked
October 23, 2010 – 3:14 am | One Comment
Halloween Unmasked

Halloween isn’t just costumes and candy; it’s a cultural holiday rich in tradition.

No Halloween Ghost, Freed Slave James Brown Walks Again in New York’s Hudson Valley
October 20, 2010 – 7:46 am | 642 Comments
No Halloween Ghost, Freed Slave James Brown Walks Again in New York’s Hudson Valley

Living history afternoons featuring Brown and his employer Mary Anna Verplanck as they were in 1848.

Becoming Queen Victoria
October 18, 2010 – 3:25 am | 810 Comments
Becoming Queen Victoria

By connecting Princess Charlotte’s sad fate to Victoria’s majestic rule, Williams lays bare the passions that swirled around the throne—the court secrets, the sexual repression, and the endless intrigue.

Electric Edwardians
October 8, 2010 – 3:18 am | 927 Comments
Electric Edwardians

A stunning visual record of the people and places of Edwardian England.