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An Epic Family Getaway in Ludington, MI for Labor Day Weekend 2025

September 6, 2025 by Matthew Stelter

It was already dark on Thursday night when my son, Ethan, and I pulled up to the cottage on Hamlin Lake that our family rented for Labor Day weekend. My wife and my other two kids had arrived a few hours earlier and already started settling into our quaint little …

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Lining Up to Die at Manassas – The Day the Civil War Got Real

September 6, 2025August 11, 2025 by Matthew Stelter

Most of the time, history is hidden in old dusty books (or internet archives) or locked away behind glass cases in a museum. Our experience at the Battlefield at Manassas was different. History walked right up to us in the form of an older gentleman who happened to be a …

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