http://jgburdette.wordpress.com Navigating Through Someplace Called History Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:14:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/c9d404b5613c8167e71c76f7e0a66ee2?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://jgburdette.wordpress.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Map-Of-Time-A-Trip-Into-The-Past/~3/4OZM2yTX6jA/ http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/were-holding-our-own-ss-edmund-fitzgerald/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:00:20 +0000 J. G. Burdette http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/?p=4274 On 10 November 1975 a ferocious storm swirled over Lake Superior, the result of two weather systems clashing. It was one of the worst storms in the collective memory of many experiencing it. And caught in the middle was the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/were-holding-our-own-ss-edmund-fitzgerald/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jgburdette.wordpress.com&#038;blog=28060428&#038;post=4274&#038;subd=jgburdette&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Map-Of-Time-A-Trip-Into-The-Past/~4/4OZM2yTX6jA" height="1" width="1"/> http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/were-holding-our-own-ss-edmund-fitzgerald/feed/ 57 SS Edmund Fitzgerald (Courtesy Wikipedia) jgburdette SS Edmund Fitzgerald (Courtesy Wikipedia) http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/were-holding-our-own-ss-edmund-fitzgerald/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Map-Of-Time-A-Trip-Into-The-Past/~3/4HYSzbz5sNE/ http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/inescapable-prisoners-in-colditz/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:02 +0000 J. G. Burdette http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/?p=4261 Colditz Castle, Oflag IVC, was supposed to be an inescapable fortress. The Nazi regime had designated it a prison for the exceptional Allied prisoners who proved themselves “high-security risks”. When the first British prisoners of war arrived on 7 November &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/inescapable-prisoners-in-colditz/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jgburdette.wordpress.com&#038;blog=28060428&#038;post=4261&#038;subd=jgburdette&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Map-Of-Time-A-Trip-Into-The-Past/~4/4HYSzbz5sNE" height="1" width="1"/> http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/inescapable-prisoners-in-colditz/feed/ 40 1280px-SCHLOSS_COLDITZ1 jgburdette Colditz (Courtesy Wikipedia) http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/inescapable-prisoners-in-colditz/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Map-Of-Time-A-Trip-Into-The-Past/~3/FhdV7Rn64YE/ http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/watch-out-new-jersey-shark-attacks-of-1916/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:53 +0000 J. G. Burdette http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/?p=4227 July 1916 had been a dreadfully hot time for thousands of New Englanders. Combine this with the new craze for swimming and you have busy beaches. In an effort to escape the heat New Englanders took to the sea, swarming &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/watch-out-new-jersey-shark-attacks-of-1916/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jgburdette.wordpress.com&#038;blog=28060428&#038;post=4227&#038;subd=jgburdette&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Map-Of-Time-A-Trip-Into-The-Past/~4/FhdV7Rn64YE" height="1" width="1"/> http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/watch-out-new-jersey-shark-attacks-of-1916/feed/ 77 The "man-eater" (Courtesy Library of Congress) jgburdette A shark captured in Cuba in July 1916 (Courtesy Library of Congress) The "man-eater" (Courtesy Library of Congress) http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/watch-out-new-jersey-shark-attacks-of-1916/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Map-Of-Time-A-Trip-Into-The-Past/~3/bbT8HH-6Rmg/ http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/a-dear-spammers-letter/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:39:23 +0000 J. G. Burdette http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/?p=4192 Dear Spammers and Scammers, I see you are all very persistent with your comments. Up until now I have trashed each of your comments into the abyss of WordPress&#8217; virtual rubbish can, never to return. Very recently I have got to thinking. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/a-dear-spammers-letter/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jgburdette.wordpress.com&#038;blog=28060428&#038;post=4192&#038;subd=jgburdette&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Map-Of-Time-A-Trip-Into-The-Past/~4/bbT8HH-6Rmg" height="1" width="1"/> http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/a-dear-spammers-letter/feed/ 93 Think before your type (Courtesy Library of Congress) jgburdette Think before your type (Courtesy Library of Congress) http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/a-dear-spammers-letter/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Map-Of-Time-A-Trip-Into-The-Past/~3/34vfrFMEDQc/ http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/soldier-emperor-napoleon-bonaparte/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:00:45 +0000 J. G. Burdette http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/?p=4177 On 15 August 1769 Napoleone di Buonaparte was born to Carlo and Leticia (Ramolino) Buonaparte in Ajaccio, Corisca. The fairly influential family of Italian heritage was of some substance. As a result Carlo was able to send Napoleone to study &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/soldier-emperor-napoleon-bonaparte/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jgburdette.wordpress.com&#038;blog=28060428&#038;post=4177&#038;subd=jgburdette&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Map-Of-Time-A-Trip-Into-The-Past/~4/34vfrFMEDQc" height="1" width="1"/> http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/soldier-emperor-napoleon-bonaparte/feed/ 51 Napoleon (Courtesy Library of Congress) jgburdette Napoleon (Courtesy Library of Congress) http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/soldier-emperor-napoleon-bonaparte/