Blog - M.B. HENRY

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History

October 24, 2023

by MBHenry

Hi Everyone!

This won't be all that exciting of a post, I just wanted to drop a note to let you all know that I'm still alive and back to wondering around in the blogosphere haha. I should have known that finishing a first draft of my newest book would take a little (or a lot)...

WWI Aviator Series: The First One

Aviation, History, World War I

June 28, 2022

by MBHenry

It’s no secret that getting into the Air Corps, during the First World War or any other conflict, is quite a feat. As we’ve all learned from Top Gun, combat pilots are often considered the elite of the elite, and before they can even sit in the cockpit of a fighter plane, there’s all kinds...

Providence Spring - A Miracle At Andersonville

Civil War, History

January 19, 2018

by MBHenry

In the summer of 2016, I drove down an isolated road in Southern Georgia. There wasn’t much around - just a few run-down houses here and there. Cotton fields stretched to the horizon. Silence hung heavy along with the heat.

Only a few signs with arrows pointed me to my destination. I followed them to a...

WWI Christmas Truce: Putting Aside Differences

History, World War I

December 1, 2020

by MBHenry

It’s a tale as old as time – or at least as old as the Great War. In 1914, on a frigid Christmas Eve in the middle of trench-scarred Western Europe, two warring armies took a time-out from lobbing shells and bullets at one another to light Christmas trees and sing carols together. A few...

Fire in the Wilderness

Civil War, History

April 23, 2019

by MBHenry

May, 1864.

Spring had arrived in the state of Virginia, but so had the Union army. It wasn’t the first time, either. Since 1861, the boys in blue had slugged it out, and lost, against the formidable General Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. These fights carried a heavy price tag too. Thousands of soldiers...

Poetry Break - "Let Me Tell You How I Died" - Part I Finale - An Old Soldier

History, World War II

December 11, 2018

by MBHenry

Hello everyone! As promised, here is the final segment of Part I of my Poem epic - the conclusion to the WWII part of the series (which is brought to you with some mild confusion on the new block editor ... so apologies if it doesn't look the same!) I hope you have enjoyed this...

M&Ms: A Crunchy, Colorful History

Candy, History

March 20, 2023

by MBHenry

Have you seen the news? Despite all the craziness going on around the world, what with wars, climate changes, and pandemics, M&Ms somehow managed to snag a fair share of headlines lately. That’s right - M&Ms. The candy that’s been around so long, and that has become so familiar on store shelves, that we don’t...

Poetry Break: "Let Me Tell You How I Died" - Antietam: The Bloodiest Day

Civil War, History

November 10, 2022

by MBHenry

Hi Everybody! Can you believe November is upon us already? It's been quite a year with the writing journey, and I can't believe I'll be wrapping up 2022 very soon. But 2023 is already shaping up to be an interesting one, as I just put my second manuscript on submission! How exciting! Cross your fingers...

A Delicious History of Candy Corn

History

October 16, 2018

by MBHenry

Well, it’s that time of year again. The leaves are changing, the nights are cooler, Halloween beckons, and every store is stocked with candy corn. It’s my favorite time of the year, and all that candy corn is a big reason why. Candy corn has been one of my favorites since childhood. Perhaps because I...

WWI Aviator Series: The Red Baron

Aviation, History, World War I

July 5, 2021

by MBHenry

April 21, 1918. It’s a cold, clammy day, enveloped in billowing gray clouds. A scarlet triplane, marked with bold black crosses, hurdles towards the trench-scarred, soupy mud of Europe. The engine coughs and sputters. Men on the ground – battle-tested members of the Australian Imperial Troops – watch in slack-jawed horror as the machine drifts...