Paula Tarnapol Whitacre
@paulawhitacre.bsky.social
Writer, editor, new grandmother, worried American. Work-in-progress--a book about Alexandria, Virginia, during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
As part of @ncjw.bsky.social, I was part of a group who met with Virginia legislators on Capitol Hill yesterday. We advocated for bills that protect voting rights, maternal health, and SNAP/Medicaid. These should NOT be an issue, right? #RiseUp2025 #WI2025
May 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As part of @ncjw.bsky.social, I was part of a group who met with Virginia legislators on Capitol Hill yesterday. We advocated for bills that protect voting rights, maternal health, and SNAP/Medicaid. These should NOT be an issue, right? #RiseUp2025 #WI2025
Michael Shiner was born in Maryland around 1805, worked at the Washington Navy Yard and, amazingly, kept a diary that survives. When I went to read it, I learned "Content on this website has been revised or removed to align with the President's executive orders and DoD priorities...."
REALLY?!
REALLY?!
April 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Michael Shiner was born in Maryland around 1805, worked at the Washington Navy Yard and, amazingly, kept a diary that survives. When I went to read it, I learned "Content on this website has been revised or removed to align with the President's executive orders and DoD priorities...."
REALLY?!
REALLY?!
There must be a writing analogy in here somewhere.
April 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
There must be a writing analogy in here somewhere.
98K words submitted to publisher--my book on Alexandria, VA, during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Didn't realize it would be so timely when I started this manuscript a few years ago.
April 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
98K words submitted to publisher--my book on Alexandria, VA, during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Didn't realize it would be so timely when I started this manuscript a few years ago.
Nominees for Alexandria Historical Society annual awards? Due Feb. 1, 2025
December 7, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Nominees for Alexandria Historical Society annual awards? Due Feb. 1, 2025
Great research trip to the Library of Virginia in Richmond. Now to sort through tons of scanned images from Archives, Microfilm, and Special Collections.
December 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Great research trip to the Library of Virginia in Richmond. Now to sort through tons of scanned images from Archives, Microfilm, and Special Collections.
Among items looked at the Library of Congress yesterday, this scrap book of news clippings about (and mostly collected by) John C. Underwood, a Reconstruction Republican in Virginia. Harriet Beecher Stowe eulogized him when he died; now, it is John who??
November 20, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Among items looked at the Library of Congress yesterday, this scrap book of news clippings about (and mostly collected by) John C. Underwood, a Reconstruction Republican in Virginia. Harriet Beecher Stowe eulogized him when he died; now, it is John who??
A ferry ran from Chapman's landing on the Potomac River in Charles County (MD) to Alexandria and Annapolis in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Yesterday, we had the trail and riverside to ourselves.
November 18, 2024 at 1:19 PM
A ferry ran from Chapman's landing on the Potomac River in Charles County (MD) to Alexandria and Annapolis in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Yesterday, we had the trail and riverside to ourselves.