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Touched by a Cornfield
THROWBACKS Bringing The American Civil War to People Who Hate Military History. Like Me.
Annette Laing
Mar 7
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February 2023
Rosa Parks and Friends
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD/THROWBACK SPECIAL Rosa Parks, a Cast of Thousands. Plus Annette Misses the Bus in Montgomery.
Annette Laing
Feb 18
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Where a President Lost and Won
ANNETTE ON THE ROAD/THROWBACK SPECIAL Annette Drops By a Sports Field Where a US President Once Offended and Thrilled
Annette Laing
Feb 14
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History and Humor, A Random Ramble
THROWBACK History and Humor Flock Together, Notes from 2008
Annette Laing
Feb 11
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Route 66: Still Kicking (not dead yet)
THROWBACKS Nearly Thirty Years After a Jaunt Along America's Most Iconic Highway, Asphalt Nostalgia Has Its Limits
Annette Laing
Feb 4
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August 2022
Annette Goes Colonial (Williamsburg)
THROWBACK Looking Back on a Long Stay at Colonial Williamsburg Thirty Years Ago, and What I Learned. You May Be Surprised.
Annette Laing
Aug 16, 2022
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World-Class Tunnel to Nowhere Goes Somewhere!
THROWBACKS In 2014, Visiting the Thames Tunnel, 19th Century London's State-of-the-Art . . . Thingy . . . That Became More State-of-the-Art as It Got…
Annette Laing
Aug 6, 2022
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June 2022
American Tourists In Britain, 21st Century Style
THROWBACKS Annette (Brit in America) Takes Americans to London in 2007, In the Footsteps of Early Transatlantic Travelers
Annette Laing
Jun 8, 2022
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April 2022
Downstairs, Not Upstairs: Turning A Mansion On Its Head
THROWBACKS My 2015 Visit to Ickworth, A Massive English "Stately Home" Shown Differently
Annette Laing
Apr 16, 2022
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March 2022
A Library Full of People
THROWBACKS Visiting The Strangest "Library" Ever: A Luxurious Library for the Dead. Introducing the History of Death in America
Annette Laing
Mar 1, 2022
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February 2022
Old Place: A UK "Town" Familiar to US Viewers
THROWBACK A Visit to Britain's Beamish Museum in 2008, photos from 2013, and News from Non-Boring House in 2022
Annette Laing
Feb 19, 2022
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January 2022
Rampaging Around Castles
THROWBACKS Dover Castle and Kenilworth Castle, Britain, 2008: A Historian Homeschools, and Learns When To Let an 8 Year Old Take Charge
Annette Laing
Jan 15, 2022
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