Archive - History's Confluences

There's No Such Thing as "Free" History

The costs required to research and share information about the past

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Research Notes #7

Research, recommendations, and a trip to Annapolis

May 18 •

Lexington and Concord, How History Makes Us, and How We Make History

May 4 •

April 2025

The Confederacy and the Slave Trade

A review of "An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South"

Apr 17 •

March 2025

The Rail Yard's Afterlife

Past and present in Potomac Yard

Mar 28 •

Are Chatbots Getting Better at Historical Research?

No, Copilot, I didn't die in 2022

Mar 10 •

February 2025

Research Notes #6

Article highlights, book recommendations, and a reader poll

Feb 17 •

History Hiking in Harpers Ferry

Connecting hikers to the past on Maryland Heights

Feb 2 •

January 2025

How to Support History in 2025

Working in the present to ensure a future for the past

Jan 20 •

Museum memories

"All the Beauty in the World," museums, historic sites, moving on, and me

Jan 3 •

December 2024

The Port City's Past

Highlights from the Alexandria Historical Society's social media content

Dec 29, 2024 •

November 2024

Glorious Victory or Unconditional Surrender?

Lessons for America 250 from the Civil War Sesquicentennial

Nov 20, 2024 •

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