Jack Campbell has a degree in History from Manhattan College as part of the Class of 2021. He is currently working as a Historical Interpreter at Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site and is hoping to make a career in the field of history. A native of New York State, Jack has a lifelong interest in history, especially the American Revolution, and particularly enjoys biography. He also enjoys Presidential history, U.S. military history, especially World War II, Baseball history, and even some Irish history. In his free time, he enjoys baseball, specifically his New York Mets, watching movies, and reading.
It is not often that one comes across inspiration for research from a trading card. But sure enough, when this author came across a card produced by Topps featuring John Adams, he was inspired. The card, part of a set commemorating Presidential connections to the game of baseball, mentioned how Adams had mentioned playing a […]
Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents and titles. He was a printer, writer, scientist, inventor, politician, diplomat, and philosopher, among other things. But did you know he was also a firefighter? In 1736, Franklin helped found the Union Fire Company of Philadelphia, one of the first volunteer fire departments in America. He was […]
It is not exactly a secret that John Adams was a fan of cider. The Massachusetts-born second President’s love of the drink has been mentioned before. He famously had a drink of it just about every morning.[1] But just how did he express this fondness? Obviously, there is no way to quantify how much one […]
Marie Jean Paul Joseph Roche Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the famous Frenchman who became an American general, had a pet project during the American Revolution. It never came to fruition, but if it had, it could have been a game-changer in European history. He wanted to launch an invasion of Ireland, and […]
