Boomers and Sooners
On April 22, 1889, the sun sat high in the Oklahoma sky. At exactly noon, a cannon blast rang cut through the air, followed by the thundering sound of thousands of horses, wagons, and boots moving across the land. These some 50,000 men and women were propelled by that most valued currency: land. Those who…
The Waco Siege
On April 19, 1993, a stand-off between a Christian group called the Branch Davidians and federal agents ended in an extremely deadly and tragic disaster. The federal government’s tactics during the stand-off have been heavily criticized since and have inspired further violence and militia building.
Thomas Gallaudet and the American School for the Deaf
On April 15, 1817, what is now called the American School for the Deaf opened its doors in Hartford, Connecticut. Inspired by his young, deaf neighbor, theologian Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet teamed up with French sign language instructor Laurent Clerc to open a residential school where deaf children would have the opportunity to be educated. The…
An American English
On April 14, 1828, the American Dictionary of the English Language was published. It was the first dictionary of the American English language. Compiled by Noah Webster, it contained 70,000 words, including many of the spelling changes between British English and American English that we see today. In addition to creating for Americans a distinct…
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Just a Regular, Old History Buff
Hi there! Welcome to Sharing History! My name is Jenn and I am a marketing executive by day and a history blogger by night. I have a degree in history, but found a career in business quickly after graduating from college so I left the fun world of history behind while I was raising my two children and building my career.
During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, I found myself working from home full time and simultaneously helping my high school-aged son deal with remote learning. He was taking US History at the time and over the course of the pandemic, we also tackled a US Government class. This experience rekindled my love of history and inspired me to start this blog.
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Exciting….Just finished The Warmth of Other Sun by Isabel Wilkerson….non fiction….beautifully written narrative about the Great Migration of people from the south to cities in the north and west after Reconstruction. Looking forward to following your history blog.
I suspect I’m more hardcore than the postings on this site. I have a Master’s degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches Tx but ended up working 42 years for the Social Security Administration. I never lost my love for the subject and have a personal library of about 2 thousand books although about 2/3’s are in storage in boxes in the loft of my storage building. I’m no satisfied if I’m not reading one and probably still have at least 50 to be read but will acquire more. At 77 I probably will never catch up but I don’t care.