About two weeks ago, I attended Heritage Night at the Valley Forge National Historic Park, sponsored by the Valley Forge Alliance.  This event commemorated the day the Continental Army left Valley Forge–June 19, 1778. The army left Valley Forge more disciplined and as a better fighting force than when they marched in on December 19,… Continue reading

Thanks to the kind invitation of Lower Merion Township Commissioner Steven Lindner, I’ll be riding in the Lower Merion Township Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 30.  The parade will begin at Greenfield Avenue at the firehouse at 10:30 a.m. and process to St. Paul’s Cemetery for the Memorial Day Service at 11:15 a.m. Michael T. O’Hagan, a veteran of the United… Continue reading

Today is the 62nd anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawing segregation in public schools.  “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” sa… Source: 62 Years after Brown v. Board of Education, Segregation Increasing Continue reading

I’m thrilled with the Historical Novel Society’s review of  Becoming Valley Forge.  The HNS is a literary society devoted to promoting the enjoyment of historical fiction and is based in the USA and the UK but has members from all around the world. Check it out: “In her epic-length novel Becoming Valley Forge, Sheilah Vance dramatizes the horrific depredations experienced… Continue reading

I just got my first major book review for  my novel, Becoming Valley Forge, and I couldn’t have asked for anything more! Here’s the review from the Midwest Book Review, April 2016, Small Press Watch:   Although a work of fiction, author Sheilah Vance has included a great deal of historically factual background details in her stirring… Continue reading

Friday, April 8th, 2:00 pm join us at Historic Waynesborough for our latest in the “People Who Shaped America” series. $20  Refreshments following presentation. Marion T. Lane, EdD, author and educ… Source: America’s Forgotten Patriots of the Revolutionary War Continue reading

A rare signed copy of Phyllis Wheatley’s 1773 book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, owned by Dr. Marion Lane, author of The Elevator Group children’s book, Patriots of African… Source: An Encounter with Phyllis Wheatley — 1st African American published author Continue reading

Elevator Group author Dr. Marion Lane is an expert in the history of African American’s involvement in the Revolutionary War.  She’s featured on this  video clip    from the Valley Forg… Source: Elevator Group author featured on Valley Forge Park’s video on Patriots of African Descent in the Revolutionary War Continue reading