Summer Reading Challenge Book Review 9

I have finished reading another book, and unlike the previous eight books, this history book was not on the reading list for my history classes. This book was one that I read for fun, and was a gift I received from my parents.

The book I read was Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose (New York: Bantnam Book, 2006). As you probably tell from the title of this book, the focus is on George Washington's attempts to create a spy ring to defeat the British during the American Revolution, and on how successful the ring was to gathering and sharing military intelligence with the Continental Army.

(October 15: I did enjoy reading the book, but I will not be adding any other thoughts to this book review as too much time has past since I finished reading the book. I just wanted to get this review posted as soon as possible. I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did.)

And Another History Article ...

I just happened to notice this article on yahoo news. Apparently, George Washington's childhood home has been found.

Update On that Lake Ontario Shipwreck ...

As you may remember, I posted an article on the discovery of a shipwreck in Lake Ontario. Well, I just happened to notice that Tim Agazio posted an update to this article. You can read it here.

An Interesting Article on a Great Lakes Shipwreck

I just happened to learn about this article from one of the online genealogy groups that I am a member of, and I thought I would share this article. A shipwreck dating from the American Revolution was found in Lake Ontario, and you can read more about it here.

Those Who Served ...

Since today is Memorial Day, I thought I would briefly mention some of my known ancestors that served in the military, to honor them. I will mention ancestors who served up to World War Two. And my ancestors are:

World War Two

My grandfathers (Names are not mentioned for privacy reasons.)

World War One

My great-grandfather. (He served in the British Army in France. I don't know any more than that.)

Spanish-American War

I do not know of any possible ancestors or siblings that served in this war.

American Civil War

My ancestor, Adam, and his relatives. (As I mentioned before in two previous posts: here and here.)

Mexican-American War

At the moment, I do not know of any ancestors who might have served. (It may still be possible, though.)

War of 1812

I might have ancestor who served, if I can prove that John Householder was the father of Barbara Householder.

American Revolution

I don't know if I have any ancestors who served. I haven't had a chance to determine that yet.

As you can see, I still don't know all of the possible ancestors who might have served. I have only included the World Wars and American wars as though are the only wars that I am certain that I had ancestors serve in. I did not include European wars (outside of the World Wars) because I have not had a chance to research if any of my ancestors did serve in other wars.

Do I Have Revolutionary War Veteran Ancestors?

I suppose, from reading other genealogy bloggers' posts, that Saturday was Patriots' Day, the day on which Revolutionary War Veterans are honored. To be honest, I don't know if I have any ancestors who were Revolutionary War Veterans. I wish I knew, though. The problem for me is that I have gotten back enough yet to find out. At the moment, I seem to be stuck in the 1820-1830s. Oh well, one day I will find the answer through research.