Do you remember when New Year’s Eve 1999 was dominated by Y2K fears? (I know, it seems so naive, in retrospect.) Was there a similar Y1.9K crisis? What were Edwardian era fears? Thanks to the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America catalog of historical American newspapers from 1690 to the present, I was able to take …
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WWI Weekly: War Horses, Doughboys, Fourteen Points, and Stravinsky
A weekly round-up of the most intriguing news about the First World War From the North Devon Journal, a YouTube upload of an exciting video: A TAPE providing a unique insight into the lives of the region’s war horses and their trainers following the First World War has been unearthed in North Devon. Cynthia Snowden …
Happy New Year!
Edwardian Promenade is turning over a new leaf–please welcome my two interns, Diana and Rachel! It’s the early days yet, but they are proving to be the perfect fit for the site! Check out the revamped ABOUT page for more information. In the meantime, here’s to 2013!