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The 1937 Army War College study's assessment of Black soldiers, written in the language of plantation fiction and used as military policy through 1945. - Make it stand out "Somewhere in England." Maj. Charity E. Adams and Capt. Abbie N. Campbell inspect the first contingent of Black members of the Women's Army Corps assigned to overseas service. 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, February 15, 1945. National Archives, 111-SC-200791. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/notebook/2026/4/5/to-oscar-wilde-posing-somdomite-the-marquess-of-queensberrys-misspelled-calling-card-that-destroyed-wilde-1895-and-how-it-connects-to-the-norman-conquest monthly 0.5 2026-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/24002657-4ca1-4c2e-b250-b11deee11f2b/SH-15.jpg Notebook - "To Oscar Wilde posing Somdomite." The Marquess of Queensberry's misspelled calling card that destroyed Wilde, 1895, and how it connects to the Norman Conquest. - Make it stand out Bayeux Tapestry detail: Harold swears his oath to William of Normandy, c. 1064. Musee de la Tapisserie de Bayeux. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/notebook/2026/4/5/the-new-russia-would-become-our-india-but-more-favourably-situated-hitler-explains-the-colonial-economics-of-the-eastern-front-to-his-ambassador-1941 monthly 0.5 2026-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/9684ea89-ade4-402d-8ead-93faf34a511c/Europe_under_Nazi_domination.png Notebook - "The new Russia would become our India, but more favourably situated." Hitler explains the colonial economics of the Eastern Front to his ambassador, 1941. - Make it stand out Europe at peak Axis expansion, 1941-1942. Map by Morgan Hauser, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 3.0. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/notebook/2026/4/5/the-apparently-impossible-feat-of-uniting-sienese-mendozas-fortress-accomplished-what-centuries-of-italian-politics-could-not-it-gave-sienas-warring-factions-a-common-enemy monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/53929b9d-5aa4-4711-b62e-74694ac03822/Giorgio_Vasari_-_Cosimo_studies_the_taking_of_Siena_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg Notebook - "The apparently impossible feat of uniting Sienese." Mendoza's fortress accomplished what centuries of Italian politics could not: it gave Siena's warring factions a common enemy. - Make it stand out Giorgio Vasari, Cosimo studies the taking of Siena (1563-1565). Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Google Art Project. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/notebook/2026/4/5/i-dont-want-to-burn-margaret-freyer-a-civilian-caught-in-the-streets-during-the-firebombing-of-dresden-february-1945 monthly 0.5 2026-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/4f7f6242-243c-4d2e-899b-ed36be346e42/FABER-05.jpg Notebook - "I don't want to burn." Margaret Freyer, a civilian caught in the streets during the firebombing of Dresden, February 1945. - Make it stand out Ruins of Dresden, 1945. The medieval city center after the February firebombing. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/notebook/2026/4/5/dont-let-wealth-spoil-them-while-they-are-young-william-langlands-post-black-death-advice-to-parents-from-a-world-where-children-had-become-scarce-enough-to-overprotect monthly 0.5 2026-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/05957329-19c3-4d11-ab90-6b7c6395a5a3/Snowball+fight+in+Tacuinum+Sanitatis+%28BnF+NAL+1673%29%2C+c.+1390-1400..jpg Notebook - "Don't let wealth spoil them while they are young." William Langland's post-Black Death advice to parents, from a world where children had become scarce enough to overprotect. - Make it stand out Snowball fight, Tacuinum Sanitatis, folio 96v, c. 1390-1400. Workshop of Giovannino de Grassi. Bibliotheque nationale de France, NAL 1673. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/notebook/2026/4/5/some-masters-deliberately-deceived-the-emigrants-ship-captains-who-lied-about-the-atlantic-crossings-length-so-they-could-sell-provisions-at-sea monthly 0.5 2026-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/547c0502-5ea6-478c-a3f6-08f89c15d05a/UPRT-06.jpg Notebook - "Some masters deliberately deceived the emigrants." Ship captains who lied about the Atlantic crossing's length so they could sell provisions at sea. - Make it stand out "On Board an Emigrant Ship: The Breakfast Bell." Engraving, The Graphic, 1884. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/notebook/2026/4/5/im-fighting-because-youre-down-here-a-confederate-prisoner-explains-his-motivation-to-a-union-soldier-1862 monthly 0.5 2026-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/4d898913-085c-4ded-8139-b6ba6c630d03/BCF-10.jpg Notebook - "I'm fighting because you're down here." A Confederate prisoner explains his motivation to a Union soldier, 1862. - Make it stand out Soldiers of the Boston Light Artillery writing letters at their camp table, June 1861. Stereograph, Library of Congress, Civil War Photograph Collection. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/notebook/2026/4/5/mon-dieu-sister-you-must-not-go-claude-de-valois-weeps-at-the-door-as-catherine-sends-margot-to-sleep-among-the-men-she-has-marked-for-death-august-1572 monthly 0.5 2026-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/526b4d6e-4558-44f5-8711-14b3b9999714/BMHWK-08.jpg Notebook - "Mon Dieu, sister, you must not go." Claude de Valois weeps at the door as Catherine sends Margot to sleep among the men she has marked for death, August 1572. - Make it stand out Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, Scene de la saint-Barthelemy (1833). Oil on canvas, Musee du Louvre. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/notebook/2026/4/5/two-thoroughly-different-systems-of-political-ethics-the-collision-between-yankee-reformers-and-the-immigrant-machine-1955 monthly 0.5 2026-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/c1bb20fa-afc1-47b7-bc8c-ea1583f9424d/service-pnp-cph-3a00000-3a04000-3a04700-3a04713r.jpg Notebook - "Two thoroughly different systems of political ethics." The collision between Yankee reformers and the immigrant machine, 1955. - Make it stand out Thomas Nast, "The Tammany Tiger Loose" (1871). Harper's Weekly. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/notebook/2026/4/5/peace-on-earth-good-will-to-men-the-banner-hanging-in-the-church-where-survivors-of-the-wounded-knee-massacre-were-carried-december-1890 monthly 0.5 2026-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/fa4c0d80-6160-4c4c-ba91-c76d1c5dee8b/BMHWK-08.jpg Notebook - "PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TO MEN." The banner hanging in the church where survivors of the Wounded Knee massacre were carried, December 1890. - Make it stand out Spotted Elk's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee massacre, still-frozen bodies wrapped in blankets. Photograph by Trager and Kuhn, January 1891. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/the-facts daily 1.0 2026-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/fcee461d-16ce-4462-aeb2-8b80f9c94607/PXL_20250319_090706262.jpg About Selfie in Ostia, Italy, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/f00932a6-2bbe-4673-b4a0-233ef05f3b83/495078406_10212534032864019_6165018257688142089_n.jpg About - Make it stand out My first time I ever went back into an archive at the National WWII Museum in 2009. I was instantly hooked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/8edd1a8e-439a-4f27-86d8-af1bc1c21b2e/IMG_20200821_164447%281%29.jpg About - Make it stand out Paris, graduate school, 2020. Excellent weather, never mind the ripped pants you can’t see me displaying to the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/7195ac0e-b135-4417-b8b8-23c8fc113940/IMG_20200828_094344.jpg About - Make it stand out Hard to pick a favorite library or archive, but the Hotel de Ville’s is certainly up there for aesthetic alone. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/home daily 0.75 2026-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/5ee5b3ed-9a51-4e59-88c3-d8b993a627c2/Snap3.PNG Portfolio - Make it stand out Example page of the textbook portion of United Stories of America. Each section begins with a narrative based off the real facts of history that ties into the content of the reading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/2558e884-262e-40d9-9ffa-9c37f5f7df8f/Snap3.jpg Portfolio - Make it stand out Ohio Village map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/2b79ec1b-63c2-438e-aa93-b5a1056a792a/Snap2.PNG Portfolio - Make it stand out Example intro page for a CSI activity in Ohio as America, teaching primary and secondary sources based off a new case we studied at OHC exclusively for this activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/2f72d146-7ce6-4878-b42a-ea22ae76bb62/Snap6.PNG Portfolio - Make it stand out Screenshot from one of the animatic videos we’ve created for Ohio as America on the history of the Declaration of Independence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b94696d8ab722e18363e0f3/c131d8b3-521a-4afa-8f5d-af8a49ea31b2/Snap5.PNG Portfolio - Make it stand out Excerpt from one of my articles on the Amish-Mennonite experience in Ohio during the Great War, from Echoes Magazine July-Oct 2022. https://www.highcrimesandhistory.com/podtrac-page daily 0.75 2019-08-11