"You're going to be someone's ancestor--act accordingly." A big guy--I didn't catch his name, but I'm sure he's someone with…
James C. SchaapJune 24, 2022
He was just eleven years old. He was at the post office on a Saturday, a place where, back then,…
James C. SchaapMay 27, 2022
It's not that Patton was a good man--that's not why his troops loved him. He wasn't. It's not that he…
James C. SchaapMay 13, 2022
Susan La Flesche Picotte simply could not have dreamed of a hospital as a child. She wouldn't have known what…
James C. SchaapApril 29, 2022
I'm quite sure I didn't leave them an option. I sent them off on a Saturday afternoon for a performance…
James C. SchaapApril 15, 2022
I don't want to be disagreeable. I may be feeling this way, as if I'm on track toward irascibility, given…
James C. SchaapApril 1, 2022
It was never an easy thing to do. . .heroic?—yes, but never particularly easy. Even though they had no idea…
James C. SchaapMarch 18, 2022
The copy on most of the exhibits was written in Dutch, so we missed out on a lot. I didn't…
James C. SchaapMarch 4, 2022
For some time now, I've admired the life of a 19th century missionary, Sheldon Jackson, whose name I found on…
James C. SchaapFebruary 18, 2022
