Author: Kenneth J. Olson

Kenneth J. Olson has spent more than twenty years studying and collecting the images, documents and relics of American history. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Boston University and lives in historic Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts with his wife, daughter and son. He is CEO of Period Americana, a leading merchant in the historic American artifacts.

Memoir Posted on September 27, 2018September 26, 2018

Aunt Flora Remembers the Irish Rebellion of 1798

Did you see the Volunteers! Did you see the Volunteers! Marching to parade Their hearts are true Their facings blue They are six feet high without a shoe Did you see the Volunteers! This popular song of the late eighteenth century could apply to any number of rebel uprisings then taking place. From France to […]

by Kenneth J. Olson