Tag Archives: history

The Intriguing and Slightly Ridiculous Meaning of My Name

Posted on January 25, 2025 by mitchteemley

How to Choose a Blog Name I’d finally decided to use my own name as my blog name. Not a lotta sizzle in that, but at least it was safe, and after my Mitchellaneous mitchadventure, safe was a priority! Also, … Continue reading →

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How I Became a Bad Boy

Posted on November 12, 2024 by mitchteemley

©The Shakespearean Tavern Playhouse My Real Memoir I was young and unshackled. I’d launched a street theatre group, The Right Pithee Players, and in our freewheeling improv performances, I would flirt with the crowd, tousle hair, steal caresses. And so would my … Continue reading →

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On This Date…

Posted on October 31, 2024 by mitchteemley

Did you know Halloween day has served as the occasion for many historical events? In 1517, on October 31, a soon-to-be-ex-priest named Martin Luther launched (cue “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”) the Protestant Reformation. In 1636, just in time for All Hallows … Continue reading →

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To Columbus or Not to Columbus?

Posted on October 14, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Columbus Day or some version of it, is celebrated in most of the western hemisphere, as well as in Italy and Spain. Nevertheless, as a holiday it’s toast. And it should be. Columbus didn’t discover “America” … Continue reading →

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23 Years Ago Today

Posted on September 11, 2024 by mitchteemley

It was the worst terrorist attack in American history, and as a result, people born after 9/11/2001 have lived their entire lives in the age of terrorism. But what does that actually mean? Remembrances of 9/11 receive less attention every … Continue reading →

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Doodles

Posted on July 3, 2024 by mitchteemley

I’ve always enjoyed (amateur) cartooning as a form of visual punnery, wordplay, or just plain silliness–a condition with which I have been afflicted, and in turn afflicted others, throughout my life. Quasi-Motors Technical Fowl The Abdominal Snowman Mousey Tongue (a.k.a. … Continue reading →

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All About October

Posted on October 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

Ancient Romans celebrating the Feast of PumpkinSpiceus Thought for the Week Welcome to October, the eighth month of the year. Wait. What? October takes its name from the Latin number eight. Why? Because the ancient Roman Calendar, credited to Romulus … Continue reading →

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Think History is Boring? Think Again!

Posted on October 28, 2022 by mitchteemley

History is Our-story. If it seems boring or irrelevant, it’s only because we’ve forgotten that. Here are some fascinating (and a few snarky) facts you might not know. Wishing you one of “History’s Greatest Weeks!” Click on any image to … Continue reading →

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47 Years Ago Today

Posted on August 4, 2022 by mitchteemley

By the time the war ended, 58,220 American soldiers had died in Vietnam. And, in a strange irony, 50,000 of the people they’d gone to save had been evacuated to the United States. It was the largest airlift in U.S. … Continue reading →

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On This Date…

Posted on July 25, 2022 by mitchteemley

192 years ago, the first railroad accident occurred in Quincy, Massachusetts, proving the then-state-of-the-art technology was not quite “accident-proof.” 175 years ago, the last of the Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young arrived in Utah. The door-to-door visits came later. … Continue reading →

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