James Lee
@writer1626.bsky.social
Freelance writer and history blogger. Author of the book Safe Passage. Follow me at Traveling to History www.jamesflee.com/blog
Read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." A great way to get in the Halloween spirit.
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." A great way to get in the Halloween spirit.
It's time for my tradition of reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow just before Halloween. I love Irving's description of the flora and fauna of the #hudsonvalley, and, of course, of Ichabod Crane, too. He captures the bounty and foreboding of autumn perfectly. #VisitHudsonValley #WashingtonIrving
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It's time for my tradition of reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow just before Halloween. I love Irving's description of the flora and fauna of the #hudsonvalley, and, of course, of Ichabod Crane, too. He captures the bounty and foreboding of autumn perfectly. #VisitHudsonValley #WashingtonIrving
Happy birthday Thaddeus Stevens, ardent abolitionist, Radical Republican, and champion of the 13th Amendment. #USHistory @fifer1863.bsky.social @civilwarmemory.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Happy birthday Thaddeus Stevens, ardent abolitionist, Radical Republican, and champion of the 13th Amendment. #USHistory @fifer1863.bsky.social @civilwarmemory.bsky.social
Artist Frank Benson was born on March 24, 1862, in #SalemMass. He mastered many art forms including plein-air impressionism and portraiture. This portrait of his sister was completed in his studio on Chestnut Street in 1885 (photo by Stella van Mever wikiart.org).
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March 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Artist Frank Benson was born on March 24, 1862, in #SalemMass. He mastered many art forms including plein-air impressionism and portraiture. This portrait of his sister was completed in his studio on Chestnut Street in 1885 (photo by Stella van Mever wikiart.org).
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#OTD 1895. the British Ladies' Football Club played its first match in London. Led by Nettie Honeyball (pictured), the match drew over 10,000 spectators.
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#WomensHistoryMonth @womensgamemib.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @theathleticfc.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#OTD 1895. the British Ladies' Football Club played its first match in London. Led by Nettie Honeyball (pictured), the match drew over 10,000 spectators.
#WomensHistoryMonth @womensgamemib.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @theathleticfc.bsky.social
#WomensHistoryMonth @womensgamemib.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @theathleticfc.bsky.social
On the Boardwalk at #VirginiaBeach, the Norwegian Lady looks out over the Atlantic. She commemorates an 1891 wreck just offshore. Buried in nearby Norfolk is the real Norwegian Lady drowned in that wreck. You can read their stories here: www.jamesflee.com/blog/virgini...
#WomensHistoryMonth
#WomensHistoryMonth
March 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
On the Boardwalk at #VirginiaBeach, the Norwegian Lady looks out over the Atlantic. She commemorates an 1891 wreck just offshore. Buried in nearby Norfolk is the real Norwegian Lady drowned in that wreck. You can read their stories here: www.jamesflee.com/blog/virgini...
#WomensHistoryMonth
#WomensHistoryMonth
Anne Spencer was an African American poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Her home in #LynchburgVA was a refuge for Black artists, poets, and civil rights leaders passing through the South in the 1930s and 1940s. You can visit her home and garden today.
#WomensHistoryMonth
#WomensHistoryMonth
March 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Anne Spencer was an African American poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Her home in #LynchburgVA was a refuge for Black artists, poets, and civil rights leaders passing through the South in the 1930s and 1940s. You can visit her home and garden today.
#WomensHistoryMonth
#WomensHistoryMonth
Anne Spencer was an African American teacher, gardener, and poet linked to the Harlem Renaissance. Her home in #LynchburgVA was a refuge and pilgrimage site for Black writers, poets, and leaders in the 1920s and 1930s. Today, you can visit her home and garden in Lynchburg.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Anne Spencer was an African American teacher, gardener, and poet linked to the Harlem Renaissance. Her home in #LynchburgVA was a refuge and pilgrimage site for Black writers, poets, and leaders in the 1920s and 1930s. Today, you can visit her home and garden in Lynchburg.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
For #BlackHistoryMonth, take a walking tour of Black American heritage sites in #SalemMA. The city's African American history is rich and deep.
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February 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
For #BlackHistoryMonth, take a walking tour of Black American heritage sites in #SalemMA. The city's African American history is rich and deep.
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Yesterday, I posted about Ona Judge's life and her escape from slavery in George Washington's household. Here is a story about her life of tenuous freedom in #PortsmouthNH.
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February 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Yesterday, I posted about Ona Judge's life and her escape from slavery in George Washington's household. Here is a story about her life of tenuous freedom in #PortsmouthNH.
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#SalemMass is more than just witches. It has a rich tradition in African American history. Please enjoy this story I wrote for @bostonglobe.bsky.social Travel in 2011. #BlackHistoryMonth @kidadaewilliams.bsky.social @mhs1791.bsky.social @bostonhistory.bsky.social @salemstatemco.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
#SalemMass is more than just witches. It has a rich tradition in African American history. Please enjoy this story I wrote for @bostonglobe.bsky.social Travel in 2011. #BlackHistoryMonth @kidadaewilliams.bsky.social @mhs1791.bsky.social @bostonhistory.bsky.social @salemstatemco.bsky.social
The 6888th, the all black women's battalion, is depicted in the movie "Six Triple Eight." One of its members, Helen Henderson (right), was from Princess Anne County (Virginia Beach), VA.
#BlackHistoryMonth @ww2historygal.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
#BlackHistoryMonth @ww2historygal.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
February 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The 6888th, the all black women's battalion, is depicted in the movie "Six Triple Eight." One of its members, Helen Henderson (right), was from Princess Anne County (Virginia Beach), VA.
#BlackHistoryMonth @ww2historygal.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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#BlackHistoryMonth @ww2historygal.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
Hampton, Virginia is a city steeped in African American history from 1619 to the present day. It is the home of Fort Monroe and the freedom camps, the Emancipation Oak, and Hampton University, a prominent HBCU. @blackhistorymonth.bsky.social #HamptonVa
February 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hampton, Virginia is a city steeped in African American history from 1619 to the present day. It is the home of Fort Monroe and the freedom camps, the Emancipation Oak, and Hampton University, a prominent HBCU. @blackhistorymonth.bsky.social #HamptonVa
The oldest house in Washington #DC was built in 1754 in Danvers, #Massachusetts! It was deconstructed board by board and nail by nail in the 1930s, loaded onto boxcars, and rebuilt on Kalorama Road. It once was British General Gage's summer house when he was governor of Massachusetts Colony.
January 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The oldest house in Washington #DC was built in 1754 in Danvers, #Massachusetts! It was deconstructed board by board and nail by nail in the 1930s, loaded onto boxcars, and rebuilt on Kalorama Road. It once was British General Gage's summer house when he was governor of Massachusetts Colony.
Netflix drops "The Six Triple Eight," today, a movie about the 6888th Postal Battalion, the only all-Black, all-women battalion in US history.
To find out more about one of the members, see my story about Helen Henderson.
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
To find out more about one of the members, see my story about Helen Henderson.
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
December 20, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Netflix drops "The Six Triple Eight," today, a movie about the 6888th Postal Battalion, the only all-Black, all-women battalion in US history.
To find out more about one of the members, see my story about Helen Henderson.
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
To find out more about one of the members, see my story about Helen Henderson.
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
I am looking forward to seeing the Netflix's movie "The Six Triple Eight," about the battalion during WW2 staffed entirely by Black women. In the meantime, check out my story on Helen Henderson, one of the members of that unit.
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
December 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
I am looking forward to seeing the Netflix's movie "The Six Triple Eight," about the battalion during WW2 staffed entirely by Black women. In the meantime, check out my story on Helen Henderson, one of the members of that unit.
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
www.jamesflee.com/helen-hender...
Born Dec. 12, 1866, George Parker, founder of Parker Bros. in #SalemMA. If you have ever played Monopoly, give George a big thanks!
The Mansion of Happiness image is from the Liman Collection, New-York Historical Society.
The Mansion of Happiness image is from the Liman Collection, New-York Historical Society.
December 12, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Born Dec. 12, 1866, George Parker, founder of Parker Bros. in #SalemMA. If you have ever played Monopoly, give George a big thanks!
The Mansion of Happiness image is from the Liman Collection, New-York Historical Society.
The Mansion of Happiness image is from the Liman Collection, New-York Historical Society.
#OTD 1775, British forces led by Lord Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia, were defeated by rebel militia at the Battle of Great Bridge in today's #ChesapeakeVA. British forces would evacuate the colony the following year.
Photo take at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
Photo take at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
December 9, 2024 at 6:54 PM
#OTD 1775, British forces led by Lord Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia, were defeated by rebel militia at the Battle of Great Bridge in today's #ChesapeakeVA. British forces would evacuate the colony the following year.
Photo take at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
Photo take at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
Last chance to order SAFE PASSAGE before December 7, an account of the evacuation of civilians from #hawaii after #pearlharbor. Thousands of women and children were loaded onto ships for the long voyage home.
Available at Amazon tinyurl.com/oy8jqss
December 6, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Last chance to order SAFE PASSAGE before December 7, an account of the evacuation of civilians from #hawaii after #pearlharbor. Thousands of women and children were loaded onto ships for the long voyage home.
Available at Amazon tinyurl.com/oy8jqss
On Dec. 5, 1775, Col. Henry Knox and his Continental troops began their arduous trek hauling artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Mass. to relieve the siege of #Boston. This is Peale's portrait of him nine years later (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
December 5, 2024 at 5:26 PM
On Dec. 5, 1775, Col. Henry Knox and his Continental troops began their arduous trek hauling artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Mass. to relieve the siege of #Boston. This is Peale's portrait of him nine years later (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
On the night of Dec. 7, 1941, women feared a likely invasion of #oahu by the Japanese. Here is an excerpt from my book SAFE PASSAGE recounting the ordeal of one group.
Read other accounts in SAFE PASSAGE available at Amazon.
tinyurl.com/oy8jqss
Read other accounts in SAFE PASSAGE available at Amazon.
tinyurl.com/oy8jqss
December 4, 2024 at 5:22 PM
On the night of Dec. 7, 1941, women feared a likely invasion of #oahu by the Japanese. Here is an excerpt from my book SAFE PASSAGE recounting the ordeal of one group.
Read other accounts in SAFE PASSAGE available at Amazon.
tinyurl.com/oy8jqss
Read other accounts in SAFE PASSAGE available at Amazon.
tinyurl.com/oy8jqss
What happened to civilians during #Pearlharbor? She's reading about her great-grandmother's experience. SAFE PASSAGE is available at Amazon.
www.amazon.com/Safe-Passage...
www.amazon.com/Safe-Passage...
December 3, 2024 at 5:47 PM
What happened to civilians during #Pearlharbor? She's reading about her great-grandmother's experience. SAFE PASSAGE is available at Amazon.
www.amazon.com/Safe-Passage...
www.amazon.com/Safe-Passage...
On November 30, 1941, my mother was a Navy wife at #PearlHabor #Oahu. In 7 days, her life would change forever. Read her story in SAFE PASSAGE, available at Amazon at tinyurl.com/oy8jqss
November 30, 2024 at 3:41 PM
On November 30, 1941, my mother was a Navy wife at #PearlHabor #Oahu. In 7 days, her life would change forever. Read her story in SAFE PASSAGE, available at Amazon at tinyurl.com/oy8jqss
#OTD1941, a Japanese fleet left its base in the Kuril Islands destination #Oahu. Eleven days later, my mother's life would change forever. This photo shows the flightdeck and tower of the carrier Akagi. See tinyurl.com/oy8jqss
November 26, 2024 at 4:47 PM
#OTD1941, a Japanese fleet left its base in the Kuril Islands destination #Oahu. Eleven days later, my mother's life would change forever. This photo shows the flightdeck and tower of the carrier Akagi. See tinyurl.com/oy8jqss
These are Joe Froggers. Rum-molasses cookies unique to Marblehead, Mass. Local lore says that fishermen used to take them out on trips because they kept well and were filling. I made this tasty batch, by the way.
November 23, 2024 at 5:12 PM
These are Joe Froggers. Rum-molasses cookies unique to Marblehead, Mass. Local lore says that fishermen used to take them out on trips because they kept well and were filling. I made this tasty batch, by the way.