Hans FaberJul 27, 202215 minFrom Patriot to Insurgent: John Fries and the tax rebellionsOn Facebook page ‘Frisian Americans‘ the question popped up what role certain Frisians played in the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania in...
Hans FaberMay 28, 20229 minJoan of Arc an inspiration for Land WurstenIn the year 1500, a girl by the name Tjede Peckes was born in the hamlet of Padingbüttel in Land Wursten, on the eastern banks of the...
Hans FaberMay 7, 202214 minTo the end where it all began: ribbon RibeLet's go to the omega, the end of the Frisia Coast Trail. To Ribe in southern Jutland, Denmark. The oldest town in Scandinavia. A town...
Hans FaberApr 10, 202214 minWalfrid, You’ll Never Walk Alone.This post isn’t about Aindreas Ó Céirín (1840-1915), better known as Brother Walfrid from Ireland and who founded the Scottish football...
Hans FaberMar 20, 202271 minHarbours, Hookers, Heroines and Women in MasqueradeDockyards, quays, terminals, pilots, warehouses, wharves, anchorages, lighthouses and beacons, craftsmen, shipping companies, customs and...
Hans FaberDec 10, 202114 minPagare il fioPagare il fio is Italian for ‘paying the penalty’. More literally, it means ‘paying the fee’. It is an expression the Italian language...
Hans FaberOct 31, 20219 min♫ They want you as a new recruit ♫'In the navy', is a song of village people. Of the small villages along the southern coast of the North Sea. A water people once united...
Hans FaberSep 10, 202112 minLike Father, Unlike SonThe Battle of Tours in 732 was a turning point in the wars against the Umayyad Caliphate. The Caliphate was one of the biggest empires in...
Hans FaberSep 5, 202134 minWell, the Thing is ...The heart of Western democracies is the joint assembly of Parliament, Cabinet, and High Councils of State. Its Celtic-Germanic origin is...