A monument in Whittemore Park in Arlington, Massachusetts tells the story of a man who was no doubt one of the toughest and bravest soldiers in the American Revolution. Samuel Whittemore, born in 1696 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, was a farmer, patriot, and soldier who is officially recognized as the oldest known Colonial to serve in […]
We never know what we’re going to find when we go out exploring a new area, or even one that we’ve been to many times before. But we always try to give ourselves plenty of time and keep our options open just in case we stumble upon something we didn’t know existed. A good example […]
As I wrote a while back, years ago I had an old cheap metal detector that was really good at finding pulltabs and bottle caps, but that was about it. Since we’ve moved here I keep seeing people on the beach with metal detectors and reading some local online forums about the rings and jewelry […]