over the fence

What do wars accomplish? Two postings ago we discussed the Seven Years War (1756-1763) that shaped not only a continent but the modern world...

The Great Lakes are a natural boundary between the United States and Canada. The manmade lines to the east and west are extensions of the wa...

For the next few weeks we'll be looking at events in North America that proved decisive not only for a continent but for the world. Some...

Of all the events that occurred in North America since the arrival of Europeans, the fall of New France and its capital, Quebec is the keyst...

Today we celebrate the 90th birthday of a man who has used the power of song to speak to a country built upon the power of the river he live...

When Pete Seeger turned 50, on May 3, 1969, he sent a note to Joni Mitchell, asking her approval for the fourth verse he'd penned to Bot...

On the eve of the 90th birthday of Pete Seeger, the father of the twentieth century folk music revival in the English speaking world, we rem...