This will be a short post today, as November was a busy month and I am ready for a break! I hope you enjoy some of these historical highlights.

As I mentioned in my free email newsletter, I continue to find intriguing articles on Atlas Obscura. Here are some recent headlines that caught my eye:

• There Are Hundreds of Secret Underground WWII Bases Hidden in British Forests
• In 1918, California Drafted Children Into a War On Squirrels

• New York City’s History of Resistance, in One Riotous Map

• How a Father And Son Helped Create Weather Forecasting as We Know It

• The 1920s ‘Circus Girl’ Who Fought Sexism—With Tigers

• The Worst Paid Freelance Gig in History Was Being the Village Sin Eater

And from Smithsonian Magazine:

• A Rare Insider’s View of Native American Life in Mid-20th-Century Oklahoma
• How Countless Hours of Live Jazz Were Saved from Obscurity
• What You Need to Know First to Understand the Russian Revolution

A centennial commemoration is planned for the 1917 East St. Louis race riots. 

To close, here’s a 1967 film that imagines life in 1999.

Here’s to a restful weekend!