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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: 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: 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: South Carolina and The Swampfox

Posted on June 6, 2026 by W&W Mudd

We have done a lot of RV traveling in the West, where you can literally drive for 2 days and still be in the same state. On our first leg from home to South Carolina, we drove through 3 states … Continue reading →

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