Category: Travel

Digital Book Club – EF Annual Meeting Edition

A special thank you to contributors: Scott Terry, Jenn Hensell, Kevin Brigger, Michelle Patzlaff, Michael Dillinger, Donna Edberg, Leigh Jameson, Danielle Correia, and a few of my own picks. TABLE OF CONTENTS: NEW YORK CITYCIVIL WAR PRIDE & LGBTQ+BOSTON & NEW ENGLANDPHILADELPHIAAMERICAN REVOLUTIONWORLD WAR IIWOMEN'S HISTORYNATIVE AMERICAN HISTORYPRESIDENTSAFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORYWASHINGTON D.C.WASHINGTON D.C. - BLACK HISTORYSLAVERY... Continue Reading →

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Tour Director Book Club – Scott Terry’s Picks

https://www.amazon.com/Cry-Liberty-Rebellion-Narratives-American/dp/0195386612/ref=sr_1_1?crid=WR62G8YJWNWP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ks2romQZjUpVxuzbG3LONw.XjhGh5fbT0XGkfRgeHdrlQFdvzaNpxIHfWbz3yoHsLY&dib_tag=se&keywords=cry+liberty+the+stone+rebellion+of+1739&qid=1768778384&sprefix=cry+liberty+the+stone+rebellion+of+1739%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1 The story of slavery in the colonial New World is, in part, one of rebellion. In Jamaica, Hispaniola, Dutch Surinam and elsewhere, massive uprisings threatened European rule. But not in British North America. Between the founding of Jamestown in 1607 and the start of the American Revolution in 1775, the colonies experienced only one... Continue Reading →

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Tour Director Book Club – January 2026

https://www.amazon.com/Flee-North-Forgotten-Slaverys-Borderland-ebook/dp/B0BQGHH11F/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1343605591346700&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BjPiSGJVAo3SwK97RhDHEuVv-OO2cYkTMSQZihq4PvTCXy4nvNl4p6-4O1pPssOgHp8Bhje8ntNtyub6Jun9yQ.TghRvSxZtswsYTIJIYe3TS-5_h3LxV4qs4bkw5DDYW4&dib_tag=se&hvadid=83975608722551&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=90562&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83976382028068%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=22122_13324425&keywords=flee+north+scott+shane&mcid=ae9469f40d973852870e62ab9a775eca&msclkid=c0a5d522c2a01a225a07bc4e81874ce9&qid=1768702765&sr=8-1 A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and named the underground railroad, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Scott Shane. Flee North tells the story for the first time of an American hero all but lost to history.Born into slavery, by... Continue Reading →

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The Immigrant History of the NYC Neighborhood Behind ‘In the Heights’

The film adaptation of Lin- Manuel Miranda's “In the Heights” draws on the real history of Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhoodknown colloquially as “Little Dominican Republic,” comes alive on stage and on screen, imbuing every scene with an unmistakable, pulsating presence Situated between 155th Street and 195th Street The neighborhood’s story is one of hardship, prosperity... Continue Reading →

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NEW: American Pop Culture Exhibition at Smithsonian American History Museum

January, 2023: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History brings television, film, music and sports together in one enthralling space with its big new permanent exhibition, “Entertainment Nation.” After Gloria Estefan met Emilio Estefan (above: costume worn by Gloria and Emilio's drum) through her work with the local Cuban-Americanquartet Miami Latin Boys, Miami Sound Machine... Continue Reading →

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Balloch Castle and park, Luss Village

Balloch Castle- a county park now Park’s view of Loch Lomond Sassenach Coffee in Luss Village Luss Village Around 1,500 years ago, an Irish missionary, St Kessog, arrived at Loch Lomond, bringing Christianity to the area. At the time Luss was called Clachan Dhu (the dark village) because it lay in the shadow of the... Continue Reading →

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Dunblane Cathedral & Village

The church is dedicated to the 6th century saint, St. Blane and this gives its name to the settlement: dunblane meaning hill of St Blane. The church also had an altar to St. Lawrence. The oldest surviving part of the church is the lower four storeys of the tower which date from around 1100AD. The... Continue Reading →

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