Tag: Lunch

Found Historiography

Nourishing History

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Or, Bacon-Lettuce-History-Tomato

How do you bring history to the masses who hunger for knowledge, and perhaps a sandwich, too? One denizen of my fair city has a solution: write up deli menus with Civil War-related historical facts. I found the following while brunching on bagel and coffee at my local lunch counter.

Everything you need to know about the Election of 1860:

…or lyceums (better than the scanty Wikipedia entry!)?:

And it’s not too soon to order flowers and remember the cultural work of Reconstruction and Redemption:

Historiography while you digest. I like it.

Image cite: im_alex, “Special BLT,” Flickr, CC License