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MaryEllen 🌳 🧬📚
@maryellen74.bsky.social
New England girl. Library Assistant, Special Collections. Collector of Dead Relatives [family historian]. Beach bum. True Crime Junkie. History Buff. Music lover. Gen X. Mom to an awesome young adult. Thankful to live in a 🔵 state.

*Opinions are my own*
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It was windy, rainy and the flag was giving them a run for their money, but my cadet and all the MMA cadets got it done today in the Plymouth (MA) Thanksgiving Parade!
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ending the work week with some new additions to the collection.
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Baron von Steuben cracks me up. His temper, cursing in multiple languages, impatient... but determined and ultimately effective. I really enjoyed this book about him #HATM
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What my head thinks when I hear "John Paul Jones". #HATM
a man playing a guitar and a woman playing drums in a dark room
ALT: a man playing a guitar and a woman playing drums in a dark room
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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yes I'm streaming the American Revolution while at work tonight.

Shhhhhh.... #HATM
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Very glad the filmmakers included the experiences of Mary Campbell and other women assulted by soldiers. That's not always included in stories of the revolution. The depositions are hard to read, but necessary to read. #HATM
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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One of the most interesting things about the #HATM conversations re: the Am Rev doc imo is seeing how people are processing / relating to it through modern media portrayals of the war. So far I’ve clocked mentions of:

Hamilton
West Wing (Josiah Bartlett/ fictional Jed Bartlett link)
1776 1/
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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#OTD 5 years ago, I began working on a historical novella about James Armistead Lafayette. It's remained my best seller.

My next project is an essay collection of African American stories during the AmRev period (concept art below).

(All published works are available at the link in my bio!) #HATM
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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For those interested in learning more about the enslaved persons of Mount Vernon, cannot recommend this book enough. Mary Thompson dedicated her entire career to this subject. This book is incredible #HATM
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Speaking of revolutionary era maps, see many of them for yourself at argomaps.org #HATM
Home - American Revolutionary Geographies Online
American Revolutionary Geographies Online (ARGO) is a portal containing thousands of maps from dozens of institutions that bring to life the history and geography of the American Revolutionary War era...
argomaps.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"Do not look for gilded statues for marble men."

Perfect quote. #HATM
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Young Johnny Greenwood was away from his company at the start of the Battle of Bunker Hill because his mother (mentioned in the last episode) had come out of Boston to find him. He had to look after his mother. #HATM
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We're trending #HATM!
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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I love how they use a historically accurate map of Boston here before all of the infill. #HATM
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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We have @herberthistory.bsky.social's blessing to use #HATM tonight! Thanks Jason!!
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Just checking in… any #HATM folks watching the American Revolution Episode Two tonight?

I’m thinking about running it at 8pm EST as all the episodes are now available on the PBS.org website.

If anyone else is watching, I’ll chat along.
PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
PBS.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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The Internet Archive’s microfiche digitization #livestream gives you real-time preservation work plus mellow lo-fi vibes — the chillest way to watch history get saved.

Our second shift is live now (4 PM–Midnight PT).
📡 www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZY...

#LiveNow #Preservation #LiveStream @Archive.org
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Off Hours? Watch a 2hr stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gibUecoF1bEEver wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, b...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Are we doing Night 2 of the American Revolution doc, #HATM fam?
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
My son enjoying the first snow in NYC about to march with his shipmates from Massachusetts Maritime Academy, along with SUNY Maritime, Maine Maritime and Texas A&M Maritime in the NYC Veteran's Day Parade stepping off at 12:30. #ProudMaritimeMom
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM

open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
The American Revolution on PBS
A Historians At The Movies/Ben Franklin’s World Watch Party
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November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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7 tribes. 1 mountain. 14,115 feet.

Like and share.

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"Only the Rocks Live Forever"
October 14, 2025
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October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…
October 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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This is your every now and then reminder that if you got to @uncpress.bsky.social website and enter 01HATM30 you’ll get 30% off of any title. I don’t get anything for it, but it’s a nice thing for my readers and the #HATM community.

uncpress.org
Home - The University of North Carolina Press
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October 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Gen X Gripe #1 watching the MTV VMAs: It's on CBS.

WTH???
September 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM