https://youtube.com/shorts/Yx_PoyLPRYY?si=Mqf7E_rD3LuvlPbi All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. Across the street from the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont, is the location of the Basin Harbor Airport. This airport is more of an airfield. And when I say “airfield “, I do absolutely mean a grassy plot of land. ThroughoutContinue reading “Prop Plane Overhead!”
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Will It Turn On???
https://youtube.com/shorts/9kBcwqqo9Jo?si=Vc7p02EFBEKL2dTJ I visited the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum recently. One of the buildings I filmed was The Roost and had been part of Camp Marbury. As I walked around, I noticed this lamp attached to the wall. It didn’t take long to realize a tree branch was the body and a light was attached! OnceContinue reading “Will It Turn On???”
Christ Church Cemetery: Guilford, Vermont
According to the Vermont Old Cemetery Association, [the Christ Church Cemetery] “was first used in 1815 and contains 626 graves.” Find-a-Grave states there are two famous people buried there. They are: John Wolcott Phelps: He was a Civil War Union Brigadier General. Rudolf Serkin: He was a musician who was born in the Czech Republic.Continue reading “Christ Church Cemetery: Guilford, Vermont”
Shelburne Museum Pop-Up Outdoor Art Exhibits
All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. I mis-stated the name of the building these pop-ups are in front of. I said the Webb Gallery. (I was heading there. 🙄) THIS building is the Electra Havemeyer Webb Memorial Building. I apologize for my error. From the Shelburne Museum website: “Inflated objectsContinue reading “Shelburne Museum Pop-Up Outdoor Art Exhibits”
Gift Shop: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. Join the LIVE CHAT! The chat lasts as long as the video plays. Let’s discuss the video!! Recently, I visited the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont. Did you know this museum is FREE to visit??? FREE! The money you are saving onContinue reading “Gift Shop: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum”
Raven Shadow & Walks Beside Me Share Native American Life
I attended an event at the Halifax Community Hall in Halifax, Vermont. There were Native Americans there to demonstrate their craft through a demonstration (flint knapping). And others, Raven Shadow and Walks Beside Me, for instance, through their words. In this video, these two women shared amazing information and stories about Native American life, traditions,Continue reading “Raven Shadow & Walks Beside Me Share Native American Life”
The Guilty Party: Snowy, the Naughty Boy!
I returned home to find Snowy’s treat jar on the floor broken with his treats strewn about. What the heck??? That treat jar was sandwiched between a utensil block and blender. To know that Snowy walked it out from its position, across the stove top, and ultimately, to land on the floor in several piecesContinue reading “The Guilty Party: Snowy, the Naughty Boy!”
Lt. Henry B. Needham: “Mortally Wounded in Action” American Civil War
Lieutenant Henry B. Needham was born in 1838 in the town of Middlebury, Vermont. At the age of 24, he enlisted on May 2, 1861. He mustered in on May 9, 1861 as a Private in Company I with the 1st Vermont Infantry. He mustered out on August 15, 1861 and was commissioned a 1stContinue reading “Lt. Henry B. Needham: “Mortally Wounded in Action” American Civil War”
War Memorial: World War I and II & All Branches
All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. Join the LIVE CHAT! The chat lasts as long as the video plays. Let’s talk about the video!! In front of the South Hero Bicentennial Museum, there is a war memorial. It honors those who served in any and all branches of the USContinue reading “War Memorial: World War I and II & All Branches”
Jarvis W. Adams, Died from Disease, American Civil War
All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. Jarvis W. Adams was born in 1842 in Ripton, Vermont. He enlisted as a Union soldier on August 30, 1861, at the age of 18. Jarvis mustered in on September 16, 1861, as a Private with Company F of the 5th Vermont Infantry. HeContinue reading “Jarvis W. Adams, Died from Disease, American Civil War”