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Trains: Once Necessary, Now History
For this Friday’s romp to a historical site I thought I’d expose my readers to the train stations of Tillsonburg. I do plan on taking...

Gabrielle Bossy
Sep 21, 20133 min read


“MY BACK STILL ACHES WHEN I HEAR THAT WORD…”
Whenever I say I’m from Tillsonburg, one of the first things people respond with is “Tillsonburg? My back still aches when I hear that...

Gabrielle Bossy
Sep 21, 20132 min read


Sourcing the Unsourced
Neil Young performing at the Riverboat Coffeehouse, 1965. Photo credit: Manfred Buchheit This week for my digital history course I was...

Gabrielle Bossy
Sep 20, 20132 min read


IAN H. CROSBY: DIGGING UP SOME OF MY PAST
Check out this cool medal my sister has from my great-grandpa! He was a first place shooting champion in 1932 with the National Rifle...

Gabrielle Bossy
Sep 16, 20131 min read


Annandale National Historic Site- A Must See!
Every Friday I will be traveling to a different historic site or interesting place for historians (and the general public) to visit. ...

Gabrielle Bossy
Sep 13, 20132 min read


Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning (Book Review)
If you’re looking for a book that really makes you question your previous notions, look no further than Christopher Browning’s Ordinary...

Gabrielle Bossy
Sep 12, 20131 min read


Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young (Book Review)
In his autobiography, Neil Young tells the intimate details of his life as a kid in Omemee, Ontario to a full-blown rock legend and let...

Gabrielle Bossy
Sep 12, 20131 min read


So what exactly are the digital humanities?
After two hours of grappling with this very question in my Digital History course, and thinking about it since, I have finally begun to...

Gabrielle Bossy
Sep 11, 20133 min read


Historical Friday Trip:The Western Archives
So I am a little late writing about this Friday’s visit to a site of historical interest but here it is! This past Friday my Public...

Gabrielle Bossy
Jan 30, 20132 min read
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