pferguson | August 3, 2014
An Online Exhibit for Every Day of the Great War Marking 100 Years Distant Yesterday Theirs’ was a distant yesterday. These men and women who joined the campaign that took them to far and distant places. Towns and villages that would become all too familiar to other towns and villages as a timeline of chaos […]
pferguson | July 20, 2014
…and follow your feet… Film clip from “A Knight’s Tale”: After changing his stars and following his feet home, Will (Heath Ledger) returns, after several years, to Cheapside, England to reunite with his father (Christopher Cazenove) who has become blind. It seems a long while since I managed to find words to key together. Yet […]
pferguson | December 15, 2012
Researching Family Military History How many times in a year do I hear this phrase which equally visits me as “my Dad’s Dad” or “My mom’s mom”, etc? Where to begin is usually the second question and so it starts once again as bits of paper and the reminders of an earlier time are set […]
pferguson | May 22, 2012
“As the ship pulled away from the dock, her decks crowded with khaki figures, the pipes played “The Skye Boat Song”. It was an unforgettable moment, both for those on the deck and those on the ship. It was to be five and a half long years before the battalion would come home. All too […]
pferguson | April 4, 2012
For My Sweetheart They left all that was dear to them behind, parents, family, and sweethearts, those that were most familiar to them. Home, the farm, the school, a favorite friend, a family pet, routine, and the day they knew. Hearing the call to war, the volunteers stepped to the fore and entered into the […]
