http://castsfromthepast.com Podcasts and Videocasts sponsored by Scenes from the Past.com Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:07:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Saturday, July 26, 2008 marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In honor of this celebration, the FBI has published a book entitled, "The FBI: A Centennial History, 1908-2008". You can purchase hard or soft copies from the Government Printing Office or you ... http://castsfromthepast.com/this-day-in-history/the-fbi-turns-100 We love trains! I was a brakeman on the Grand Trunk Railroad for a year or so back in the 1990s. My cousin was an engineer for many years, too. I was very pleased yesterday to get an email from the B&O Museum in Baltimore, Maryland announcing ... http://castsfromthepast.com/events/first-annual-national-train-day Scenes from the Past loves all things Michigan. Michigan was blessed to be the birthplace and/or home of some of the greatest men, minds, inventors and inventions the world has ever known. Men like Henry Ford and Thomas Edison have strong Michigan roots. (FACT: Although ... http://castsfromthepast.com/voices-from-the-past/mary-had-a-little-lamb-vs-au-clair-de-la-lune As you know, we here at Scenes from the Past and Casts from the Past love the Civil War. This is somewhat late, but it is good until the end of the month of April. Alexander Street Press has offered the rare chance to access their Civil War collections. As ... http://castsfromthepast.com/other-resources/free-access-to-alexander-streets-civil-war-collections I am a huge Civil War fan. My dad is a blackpowder skirmisher and a member of the North South Skirmish Association (N-SSA) for over 30 years (go First South Carolina Vols!). He's dragged me to just about every Civil War battlefield there is. Last year he ... http://castsfromthepast.com/this-day-in-history/gettysburg-national-battlefield-visitor-center-opens-april-14-2008 April 7th, 2008 marks the 75th anniversary of the return of our favorite beverage here at Scenes from the Past / Casts from the Past: BEER! (NOTE: Just in case you ever feel like grabbing a six pack or two and swinging by, I prefer the Canadian variety ... http://castsfromthepast.com/this-day-in-history/happy-days-are-beer-again I know this isn't a videocast or the long-delayed podcast I've been dreaming up, but I think it is cool, nonetheless. If you are like me, and have a difficult time fitting in good old fashioned books between reading emails, blog posts, text messages, and RSS feeds, then you ... http://castsfromthepast.com/books-and-readings/serialized-books-by-email-or-rss-feed Here is a great widget I found so you have the inside scoop on what is happening at the National Archives. http://castsfromthepast.com/flotsam-and-jetsam/national-archives-and-records-administration-widget I doubt that Alexander Graham Bell could have ever foreseen the advent of the cell phone or the dreaded telemarketer, but a day late I celebrate the invention and inventor of the telephone by posting this charming little video. Bell's journal contains the following entry for March 10, 1876: I then ... http://castsfromthepast.com/this-day-in-history/mr-watson-come-here On the morning of Thursday, February 14, 1929 St. Valentine's Day, Al Capone sent a bloody .45 caliber Valentine when five members of George 'Bugs' Moran's gang were lined up against a brick wall of the garage of the SMC Cartage Company in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago's North ... http://castsfromthepast.com/this-day-in-history/al-capones-bloody-valentine