Oh Historical Blogs!

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(1)  Find some examples of blogs that are used in different ways for the study of history

I found that the Virtual Architectural Archaeology (Recreating Washington DC's Lost Built Environment) was a interesting blog/website.  I'm always fascinated by old buildings and how things were structured years back.  What is interesting is the old buildings mentioned in the blog/website are all converted into something different as the years went by, but still represent something.

Another interesting blog is Boundary Stones: WETA's Washington DC History Blog.  Not only it has posts about history years back, but posts that are relative to today.  It also has posts about Virginia and Maryland as well.  

History is all around us.  It is accessible in many ways, including the Internet.  Although, books are out there to teach us about history, but it's the blogs and websites that really give us an idea about other's opinions and different perspectives.  

(2)  Follow two different historians or historical organizations/associations/entities using Facebook and Twitter (or an alternative), and explain your selection in a short post

While I was searching through Facebook the other day I came across something when I just searched for blogs.  There was a blog about two women authors that talk about history's fashions.  The blog is called Two Nerdy History Girls.  What was interesting is that the posts mention about the different times in history and how fashion came to play.  I love fashion so it was quite interesting to hear their thoughts and how fashion changed over the course of time.   

Another interesting one I came across on Facebook just now is a blog by English Heritage.  The reason why it came to my attention is the post from today about the history of Halloween.  Although Halloween is celebrated by everyone dressing up, children going trick or treating, going to haunted houses, etc., this post talks about the origins of specific details that make Halloween, Halloween.  Holidays, no matter what it is, is celebrated by everyone.  It became an interesting to me so I'm very curious what else will be posted.    

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  1. Professor Charles EvansNovember 4, 2016 at 11:27 AM

    With the emergence of Facebook, the line between blogs and Facebook has blurred, but Facebook posts still are not usually very text-oriented (or very long); while blog posts can be lengthy.

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