I Take History With My Coffee

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When I was a young child, I remember going to Gettysburg National Military Park for the first time. I recall seeing a man on horseback dressed as a Union cavalry officer. I thought to myself, wow, what a cool job that person has. Today, I am an interpretive guide for a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

I have always had a lifelong passion for history. I graduated in 1984 from the University of Michigan with a BA in History. I am a historian, a writer, an educator, and an interpretive guide. The purpose of this blog is to share that passion not only for history itself but the art and science of doing the historian's craft.

All new
The I Take History With My Coffee Podcast is now available. Learn more about the Early Modern period. You can find it at the link below as well as on popular platforms such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

https://www.podpage.com/i-take-history-with-my-coffee/

Bruce Boyce

Sep 17
10 min

20th Century

Stalemate on the Western Front

The Battle of the Marne in September 1914 altered not only the course of World War I but also the course of modern warfare.

Bruce Boyce

Sep 18, 2021
6 min

20th Century

The 1902 Smallpox Epidemic

The US Supreme Court decision in Jacobson vs. Massachusetts created the precedent for the government's role in protecting public health.

Bruce Boyce

Jun 5, 2021
6 min

20th Century

"The Ellis Island of the West"

Unlike Ellis Island, the Angel Island Immigration Station tells a very different story about immigrants to the United States.

Bruce Boyce

May 8, 2021
6 min

20th Century

Operation Jubilee

The raid on Dieppe in 1942 may have been a failure, but it might have helped in the success of the Normandy Invasion in 1944.

Bruce Boyce

Apr 10, 2021
6 min

20th Century

The "Black Gang"

The "black gang" were the workers who kept the engines going on coal-burning steamships toiled under hellish conditions.

Bruce Boyce

Mar 13, 2021
7 min

20th Century

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire was one of the worst industrial disasters in US history and it led to sweeping reforms of working conditions.

Bruce Boyce

Nov 7, 2020
5 min

20th Century

The Funeral

The First World War would be a funeral not just for a generation of men who died, but for entire society and worldview,

Bruce Boyce

Sep 5, 2020
6 min

20th Century

The Panic of 1907

Two earthquakes. One real. One in the realm of finance. Seemingly unrelated, both would play a role in the economic crisis of 1907.

Bruce Boyce

Jul 25, 2020
8 min

20th Century

"I'm busy working Cape Race"

The wireless telegraph would play a controversial yet vital role in the events prior to and after the collision that sank the Titanic.

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I Take History With My Coffee

We're on Facebook: www.facebook.com/itakehistorywithmycoffee

All new The I Take History With My Coffee Podcast is now available. Learn more about the Early Modern period. You can find it at the link below as well as on popular platforms such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify. https://www.podpage.com/i-take-history-with-my-coffee/

Contact

We're on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/itakehistorywithmycoffee

All new
The I Take History With My Coffee Podcast is now available. Learn more about the Early Modern period. You can find it at the link below as well as on popular platforms such as Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

https://www.podpage.com/i-take-history-with-my-coffee/