Visiting London connects us to the humanity of the 40 Martyrs of England and Wales who died during the English Reformation.
40 Martyrs of England and Wales
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History
Stirring Memories into Life
This summer I’ve taken on the task of preparing a history covering almost thirty years (give or take) of a professional organization. Although not a very active member recently, I served in one (volunteer) leadership capacity or another for about sixteen of those...
Unlimited Abilities: Apollo 11
For over a decade my life intersected with NASA Johnson Space Center, where I provided historical records access and research to not only scholar and historians, but also the engineers studying the past to create the new commercial spacecraft vehicles. So it will be...
Searching for Coppini’s Victims of the 1900 Galveston Storm
Shelly: Today, September 8, marks the 116th anniversary of the 1900 Galveston Storm, the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. Last year I spoke about the 1900 Storm at Houston area libraries in support of the Gulf Coast Reads program,...
Reviewing the Storm of the Century
Storm of the Century by Al RokerAs the co-editor of Through a Night of Horrors: Voices from the 1900 Galveston Storm, whenever a new book is published about the 1900 Storm, fiction or non-fiction, someone in my family calls to ask my opinion. So when Al Roker released...
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