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Salute to 250: Reaper (not Grim) and the Atomic Bombing of America, Florence South Carolina, and Happy 250th Birthday America!

Posted on July 3, 2026 by W&W Mudd

Whatin the heck do these two things have in common? Well, nothing, and everything actually. After the birth of our young nation, an era of entrepreneurship exploded across the land. As we traveled south out of Virginia and into the … Continue reading →

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Salute to 250: Revolutionary War Women Legends, and It’s NOT Stawnton

Posted on June 30, 2026 by W&W Mudd

There are many legendary women of the RevWar. We discovered perhaps the most famous one while driving south out of Pennsylvania enroute to Virginia. This wasn’t some kind of ghostly apparition hitchhiking on the interstate; it was first brought to … Continue reading →

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Salute to 250: The Full Eclipse Battle of Monmouth, and 𝅘𝅥𝅮 𝅘𝅥𝅮 iron and coke, chromium steel 𝅘𝅥𝅮 𝅘𝅥𝅮: Allentown PA (with a nod to Billy Joel)

Posted on June 28, 2026 by W&W Mudd

Billy Joel, in his eponymous hit on his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain, eulogized the steel industry of Allentown. But Allentown, Pennsylvania, wasn’t always a steel town, it played a significant role during the Revolutionary War. Far inland from the … Continue reading →

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Salute to 250: Family Supplement, Lost River Gorge and Covered Bridges

Posted on June 28, 2026 by W&W Mudd

This is a Family Supplement to our history series, so if you history buffs want to skip, feel free. Unless, by now, you actually feel like a member of the family, in which case, read on! While connecting with family … Continue reading →

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Salute to 250: The Land of Maple Syrup, Vermont, and Molly Stark, American Heroine

Posted on June 28, 2026 by W&W Mudd

If you are at all interested: the Mystery Pic from the Bar Harbor drop is the Penobscot Narrows Bridge. Here’s a fun fact. We met up with family on our Vermont stop, one of whom, Veronica Wirth, is extended family … Continue reading →

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Salute to 250: Hartford, Rhode Island, Jews and a Teenage Vampire

Posted on June 19, 2026 by W&W Mudd

Our drive into Connecticut took us via the Cross Bronx Expressway in New York City. Even my “RV Safe” GPS app didn’t warn me about making sure I followed the truck route to the UPPER deck of the George Washington … Continue reading →

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Salute to 250: York, Lancaster and Amish Country

Posted on June 13, 2026 by W&W Mudd

As we drive farther east, we get back into the range of British supply lines and thus more RevWar sites. On the drive from Gettysburg to Lancaster we passed through York Pennsylvania, the site of Camp Security. If you always … Continue reading →

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Salute to 250: Sutton West Virginia and the Civil War Trail

Posted on June 10, 2026 by W&W Mudd

Researching locations with a purpose like Salute to 250 puts one square in the sights of the civic marketeers, those people and companies that are responsible for selling the sights and scenes of a city or region to tourists. Hold … Continue reading →

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Salute to 250: Quiet North Carolina

Posted on June 8, 2026 by W&W Mudd

In stark contrast to South Carolina, North Carolina had a quiet RevWar. This was due to two primary facts: many of the fathers, uncles and older male siblings and cousins of North Carolina had already traveled to other states to … Continue reading →

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Salute to 250: Setting out on the Freedom Trail

Posted on June 5, 2026 by W&W Mudd

When we started planning this trip it was going to be an epic month-long trip through Americana that would be full of relaxation and good food. It occurred to us several months later that June 2026 was the month before … Continue reading →

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