Archive - Foxtrot Firefly's Research Report

We Need to Do Better for Parents

Child Care, Family Friendly Parks, and Making Space for Everyone - Outside

12 hrs ago •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

Independence Day

249 years ago, the Declaration of Independence was signed, with John Hancock marking his signature so large that his name has gone down in history for…

Jul 2 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

June 2025

A Grand Tour for Lafayette

So much of my writing these past few months has been circling around the 250th anniversary of events from the Revolutionary War.

Jun 18 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

Digging the Fortifications on Breed's Hill

Taking a Look at the Battle of Bunker Hill

Jun 4 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

May 2025

Ups and Downs in the Stock Market

Throwback to 26 December 2018 and Historical Comparison

May 22 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

April 2025

When Your Great-Grandfather Poses for a Statue

The Enduring Legacy of Family Lore, Especially Involving the Minute Man Statue, Daniel Chester French, and Our Family Posing with Our Elbows Out at the…

Apr 21 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

Riding the Hoofbeats of the Early Revolution

The Alarm Goes Out to Lexington and Concord with Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. William Prescott

Apr 16 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

What Happened Yesterday

I interrupt our usual scheduled broadcast for a review of 1 April 2025

Apr 2 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

March 2025

Corned Beef and Cabbage

March 17th and It's Various Celebrations - Particularly in Boston

Mar 20 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

The Boston Massacre

An Accounting on the 255th Anniversary

Mar 5 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

February 2025

Nearly a Powder Keg in Salem

Colonel Leslie and Salem Residents Have an Argument Across a Drawn Bridge

Feb 19 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

What Do We Save?

A little side quest jaunt from the Hudson Valley to the Berkshires, led by William Cullen Bryant

Feb 5 •

Robin Donovan Bocchiaro

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