Journeys | Jody Ferguson Blog

June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied landings in France that signaled the beginning of the culmination of the Second...

I went to the Sicily-Rome American cemetery at Nettuno east of Anzio to pay tribute to many of my fellow Texans of the 36th Division.

Contrary to my expectations, Venice was stunning. If you look past the gaping masses the city cannot but impress and awe you.

While recently watching the Netflix series “The Crown” I was delighted to see a segment where Queen Elizabeth, in a Christmas address to...

If you read any of my other blogs connected to the Mediterranean you know that when I get around, I want to see the history of the region...

One of the unique lost treasures of old Austin was the baseball diamond known as Clark Field that sat directly across the street from DKR...

At the beginning of baseball season each year in April there are no shortage of tributes to Jackie Robinson...

For well over three hundred years the currency of choice in East and Southeast Asia was the Mexican Silver Dollar...

In the opening pages of my novel, Above the Water, the protagonist Harry engages in dialogue..,

The USO tours that Bob Hope undertook during three consecutive American wars in the mid-20th century...

After the Russian Revolution and the subsequent civil war ended in 1922, large numbers of pro-Tsarist Russians fled abroad to escape...

A painter that I greatly admire is Tom Lea, a native Texan who lived all his life in El Paso.

Eighty years ago in December 1944, during one of the coldest winters in recorded European history, U.S. service men and women hunkered...

Tomorrow will mark the 121st game between Army and Navy on the gridiron. They have met every year since 1890, apart from two separate...

For most Americans the day WWII began is December 7th, 1941. While the attack was one of the most devastating to ever occur on American soil

For millennia Istanbul has sat at the crossroads of civilizations, religions, empires, trade routes, and vital sea lanes.

it is amazing how much Roman infrastructure has remained in use for two thousand years.

Dalmatia is littered with Roman ruins (including one of the world’s largest Roman colosseums), Italian churches, Medieval walled

It is a book that leads the reader down a path leading to closed doors and blind alleys.

St. Petersburg is a jewel of a city. Its history is fascinating, beginning with the modernizer Peter the Great’s attempt to build a “Window