My current goal for this blog is to share my love and respect for historical figures, heroes, and everyday folks. My interests also include film, social and political issues, and a dash of food here and there. I also post or reblog things that don't have to do with history. I make gifs, scan some photos, and post information from books I read. Please take a look around my archive before following. Thank you! pink pant(s)

She had a fantastic desire for historical knowledge, and she was a sponge once she learned it. She caught every nuance. And she wanted to know American history not just for herself, but for her husband. They were almost competitive in the knowledge they consumed; very much like Henry and Clare Luce, in trying to one-up the other on historical facts and so forth, and I think on many points, well, he almost acquiesced that she knew more about history than he did.

— Letitia Baldridge, friend