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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: Bah Haabah (Bar Harbor) and Acadia National Park

Posted on June 23, 2026 by W&W Mudd

Although Maine was not a colony during the RevWar (it was then part of Massachusetts) it did play an outsized part in the conflict by not only supplying significant manpower to the Continental Army but also hosting several battles. The … Continue reading →

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Salute to 250: Lobstah! Portsmouth New Hampshire

Posted on June 20, 2026 by W&W Mudd

In late 1774 King George had become alarmed that the buildup of arms and ammunition in the northern colonies might lead to rebellious outbreaks, and he ordered all munitions in forts and large caches of gunpowder to be seized and … 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: Gettysburg

Posted on June 12, 2026 by W&W Mudd

The drive to Gettysburg took us out of the mountains of West Virginia (go Mountaineers!) and into the farm country of south-central Pennsylvania. The route is partly through a small sliver of Maryland that pokes west into West Virginia, taking … Continue reading →

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