Running Down a Dream

“Yeah, I'm running down a dream

It never would come to me

Working on a mystery, I'm going wherever it leads

I'm running down a dream.” -T. Petty

Now that I have that song bouncing in your head, let’s begin.

I love history. Real history. The kind where one has to connect the dots, not that garbage memorization of what’s spoon fed to us as children (or adults)…