History Made Seamless

This is a blog about all things U.S. History

ABOUT ME: A. J. Schenkman is a New York-based writer. Since his start writing for local newspapers, Schenkman has branched out into writing for magazines, blogs, and academic journals, in both history and other subjects. Schenkman is also author of several books about local, regional history, and national history. Please be sure to visit him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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May 30, 2023

The Struggle is Real:Hudson River Maritime Museum
May 27, 2023

Featured Resource: Susie King Taylor
May 26, 2023

A Roosevelt Christmas
May 24, 2023

The Colorado Cannibal Part II
May 23, 2023

New England’s Darkest Day
May 22, 2023

Facticles: Corporal Joseph H. De Castro
May 20, 2023

The Colorado Cannibal Part I
May 19, 2023

Ulster County Civil War Soldier Survives Andersonville Prison
May 18, 2023

Franklin’s Trees
May 17, 2023

The Struggle is Real: The National Portrait Gallery
May 16, 2023

Facticles: Grace Tully
May 15, 2023

The Oreo Cookie’s Origins
May 13, 2023

Algonac
May 12, 2023

Lion Courage: A New Paltz Soldier During The Civil War
May 11, 2023

Marion Borden, Inventor, and the Central Hudson Connection
May 10, 2023

Pecan Sheller’s Strike of 1938
May 9, 2023

The Kansas Python: A Brief History of a Remarkable Woman
May 8, 2023

Facticles: Salem Poor
May 5, 2023

The Struggle is Real: Mount Vernon
May 4, 2023

Thank You 🙏
May 3, 2023

Unexpected Bravery: Women and Children of the Civil War
May 2, 2023

The Struggle is Real: American Battlefield Trust for Educators
May 1, 2023

Fala, A Presidential Dog
April 29, 2023

An Oyster Bay Roosevelt in Delano Country.
April 28, 2023

The Gangster Joe the Portuguese Part II
April 26, 2023

The Gangster Joe the Portuguese Part I
April 26, 2023

Honoring The Women of Antietam
April 25, 2023

A Revolutionary Home:The Hasbrouck House in Newburgh, NY
April 25, 2023

The Struggle is Real: Gilder Lehrman
April 24, 2023

Ten Tea Parties:Patriotic Protests that History Forgot
April 22, 2023

Founding Mother: Sarah Shelton Henry
April 22, 2023

New York’s Historic Restaurants, Inns & Taverns
April 20, 2023

Saving History One Pen at a Time
April 19, 2023

The Day “Jimmy Needles”Was Whacked
April 17, 2023

Doc Waterbury, the “Confidence Man”
April 13, 2023

Gardiner, NY and Slavery
April 12, 2023

Roosevelt Homes of the Hudson Valley
April 11, 2023

Mama, Tell Sam Who Hurt You!
April 10, 2023

A Killing on Fishkill Mountain
April 9, 2023

Once a Cowboy…and a Dead Shot
April 8, 2023

Grave Robbers
April 6, 2023

From the FDR Archives
April 6, 2023

The Struggle is Real: When Guinea Pigs Upset the Flow
April 6, 2023

A Research Gem: Historic Huguenot Street
May 25, 2023

A Happy Ending:Historic Huguenot Street Gets its Art Back

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