Daniel Koch
The Office of Vice Master: A History
It has been a privilege to serve as Vice Master at Bedford School for six years. When I joined, I knew it was a very old school, founded...
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Daniel Koch
- Jun 8
- 7 min
The American Civil War and the Case for a "Long" Age of Revolution
The term “age of Revolution,” since it was used by Eric Hobsbawm in his trilogy of books on the “long” nineteenth-century in the 1960s,...
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Daniel Koch
- Dec 16, 2021
- 5 min
A Welsh Immigrant Writes Home from Upstate New York, 1856
Published in the New York Almanack, December 15, 2021 There is a fascinating letter from Evan Evans of Turin, Lewis County, New York to...
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Daniel Koch
- Dec 15, 2021
- 7 min
Evan W. Evans (1829-1901) and My Welsh Immigrant Ancestors
My grandfather’s great-grandfather was an immigrant from Wales. Until a few months ago, I knew nothing about him, except that his son,...
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Daniel Koch
- Dec 6, 2021
- 4 min
Your school has a vision statement - but do you?
Having your own personal vision statement for education can foster resilience, argues Daniel Koch as he explains how to develop one....
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Daniel Koch
- Nov 30, 2021
- 4 min
New York, New France: French Ambitions on Oneida Lake in 1634
Published in the New York Almanack, November 30, 2021 When a Dutchman, Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, travelled from Albany (then...
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Daniel Koch
- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min
For the sacrifices of others, two minutes of sacred silence
Published in the Albany (NY) Times Union, November 11, 2021. Poppies really do grow in the fields around Ypres and the Somme. When I ran...
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Daniel Koch
- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
Teaching the American Revolution in the United Kingdom
Published in the Journal of the American Revolution, November 2nd, 2021. Teaching the American Revolution in the United Kingdom comes...
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Daniel Koch
- Nov 5, 2021
- 4 min
New York could determine control of Congress in 2022 as loyalties get tested
Is loyalty to Lincoln a reason that Republicans win in central New York? Washington Post, 5 November 2021. While Americans often see New...
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Daniel Koch
- Oct 28, 2021
- 5 min
Classical Place-Names and the American Frontier
An upstate New York itinerary could take you on a drive from Troy to Ithaca via Utica and Syracuse, with stop-offs off in Camillus,...
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Daniel Koch
- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 min
Flying the Confederate Battle Flag in the North is a Special Sort of Disgrace
New York is not a place where confederate battle flags should be flying. And yet there are more here now than ever before. I saw dozens...
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Daniel Koch
- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 min
Teaching Anti-Racism on the New York Frontier: Beriah Green’s Oneida Institute
When the fervent abolitionist Beriah Green took the reins as president of the Oneida Institute in Whitestown, New York, in 1833, he made...
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Daniel Koch
- Oct 28, 2021
- 4 min
Friedensfest: Syracuse’s 1871 German-American Peace Festival
One of nineteenth century Syracuse’s largest celebrations took place on the 1st of May, 1871. It was called the Friedensfest, the Peace...
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