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Darrin Dickey's Blog (16)

Patrick Ginley - Hero

Mike Noirot posted a great story about a Union hero. Mike found this generally unheard story while doing some research. The feats of Civil War soldiers of both sides continues to astound me. You can read the story here. Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on March 12, 2009 at 12:11pm — No Comments

Don't Forget - Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Tomorrow

Don't forget, Saturday, September 27t is Museum Day, sponsored by the Smithsonian Magazine. Nearly 1,000 museums around the country are offering free admission. I know there are several in my area participating. If you want to find local museums in your area who are participating, go to http://microsite.smithsonianmag.… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on September 26, 2008 at 3:29pm — 1 Comment

What Would You Do in the Past?

Passport member Christy Toth-Smith has a pretty fun poll on her blog at http://libertybelle78.blogspot.com/ - What will you do when you go back in time? The responses so far surprised me, though in retrospect they probably shouldn't have. :-) Shoot over there and chime in. Plus, she's got a nice blog go… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on September 26, 2008 at 3:10pm — No Comments

The Challenge

Did you read this week's edition of the CIVIL WAR e-mail newsletter? Are you up for the challenge? :-) Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on September 25, 2008 at 1:38pm — No Comments

Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers is Safe for the Moment

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers is suffering non-structural cracks in the marble facing. Last year, preservationists were irate when Arlington National Cemetery announced plans to replace the nation's premiere shrine to its fallen soldiers w… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on September 12, 2008 at 8:06pm — No Comments

New E-mail Newsletter Launched

I'm excited to tell you about a new newsletter we have launched. It's titled THE CIVIL WAR and, well, you can guess the subject matter. We chose this subject to start with because that group is the largest one on Passport to History. We brilliantly deduced that meant that thi… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on August 26, 2008 at 10:07am — No Comments

Service Interruption

Just so you know, the server that hosts our site will be down around 10:45PM on Thursday, August 7th for about 15 minutes. We are undergoing some server migration and updates. I just wanted to keep everyone informed. You may resume your regularly scheduled programming. Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on August 5, 2008 at 9:21am — No Comments

An Interview With Civil War Author Eric Wittenberg

If you're a fan of the Civil War, cavalry or an aspiring author, you mi… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on July 7, 2008 at 2:33pm — No Comments

Making Friends and Influencing People - Part Two

In a previous post, I wrote about the need for extending and building the Passport to History community. I also gave some ideas on how to extend the community membership. Today, I'm going to write a little on building our community. And by "building" I actually refer to buildin… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on July 5, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Gettysburg's New Visitor's Center Designed to Engage Visitors

Over at my history/marketing blog BrandingFire.com, I posted about an article in Fast Company describing how and why the new Gettysbu… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on July 3, 2008 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Making Friends and Influencing People - Part One

Don't let anyone fool you. Making friends and influencing people can be hard - especially online. Building up an online community isn't any exception. The good part of it is that on a social network like Passport to History, you're not in it alone. It's a community effort. And the more co… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on June 27, 2008 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Battle of Franklin Blog

If you're into the Civil War, you should read the Battle of Franklin blog that fellow Passport member Kraig McNutt maintains. Kraig is an avid Civil War buff and really has a great blog about this battle that took place in his ow… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on June 24, 2008 at 4:51pm — No Comments

Our Crumbling Past

WebUrbanist.com has a fascinating look at crumbling historic sites… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on June 23, 2008 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Are We Losing Interest in History?

I recently spotted a disturbing trend on Google Trends and blogged about it at my history/marketing blog. I don't want to repost the whole thing here, but suffice it to say that an interest in US history seems to be waning. Check out the post and then come back here and let me know wh… Continue

Added by Darrin Dickey on June 23, 2008 at 1:31pm — No Comments