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Alex Bauer

",but then you read": A Personal Reflection on a Lifetime Of Reading

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",but then you read": A Personal Reflection on a Lifetime Of Reading

A personal reflection of myself as a reader and an appreciation for the written word.

Proctor Tomb and House, October 2021

Not in the History Books 2.0

Proctor Tomb and House, October 2021

On one of my many excursions to Salem, Massachusetts – my favorite place – I took a very long walk to see some history. After getting off the train on an early weekend morning (before the October festivities downtown truly began) I wanted to scope out a few sights that sounded interesting.

Visting Governor Hutchinson's Field, 2023

Not in the History Books 2.0

Visting Governor Hutchinson's Field, 2023

What now is an open field in Milton, Massachusetts – just about 9 miles south of the center of Boston, Massachusetts – once belonged to Thomas Hutchinson, the last royal governor of Massachusetts. Hutchinson was a loyalist who truly became the person to blame for the revolutionary fervor that hit the colony

Woody Guthrie, An Anthem and the Spark Of a Movement: The Origins and Legacy of "This Is Your Land"

Woody Guthrie, An Anthem and the Spark Of a Movement: The Origins and Legacy of "This Is Your Land"

On February 23, 1940, folk singer Woody Guthrie jotted down the lyrics to a new song he titled "God Blessed America". He was in his room at the Hanover House in New York City, and on this particular day, Guthrie was an annoyed, yet determined songwriter. He channeled

"Failure Is Impossible!": Women's Suffrage and the Journey to the Nineteenth Amendment

"Failure Is Impossible!": Women's Suffrage and the Journey to the Nineteenth Amendment

July 19th, 1848, was hot. The unforgiving summer heat focused its attention on the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York. The low murmur of voices – all women – echoed throughout the church, as the site of the first convention on women’s rights in the United States was packed with

"Pocahontas" at the National Portrait Gallery, 10-6-24

Not in the History Books 2.0

"Pocahontas" at the National Portrait Gallery, 10-6-24

Alright, let's begin. For my first post in this new, reimagined version of Not in the History Books, I want to share a portrait that I think about often and had the pleasure of seeing in person at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. in 2024.