The Slave Trade Act of 1807 ended slave trading, in terms of people going to Africa and kidnapping people, and hauling them across the ocean like...
I honestly don't see WWIII ever happening. It was a scary possibility during the cold wars, but it is different today. I don't see any single...
I had not thought of this, but it stands to reason. I recently saw a documentary of how Western fast food has invaded so much of the world....
I am beginning to think I might need a separate vacation to see the Civil war battlefields, Smithsonian, and other attractions in the area. Are there...
I saw the movie M.A.S.H. when I was young. I basically just remember it being a lot more serious than the TV show. I realize that there wasn't...
Thank you again. Please don't take offense at what I am about to type, but why should the person being buried get to decide to be buried far from the...
I often walk through cemeteries, helping me have a stillness and peace I don't get in a lot of other places. While I am walking and reflecting, I...
I grew up on the show, and I loved it. It was funny, sensitive, scary, heart-warming and sad. I still watch reruns once in awhile. I have heard that...
The private lives of great men like George Washington and Patrick Henry are almost as interesting to me as the reasons they are still famous. An...
I don't subscribe to a lot of the theories that say people in history that made questionable choices made them because an illness made them "crazy"....
Okay, now I am beginning to understand a little better. I thought you were referring to the battlefield alone. Whenever I plan a vacation I usually...
That is a great list mkCampbell. Although I appreciate the link and who is eligible, my question was more about why someone would choose to be buried...
Although he wasn't a leader of the entire country, Alexander Hamilton was my favorite founding father. My favorite story about him was when his...
No, this was an educated person that went on an adult tour. Not everyone is transfixed by a place that once was a battlefield. I personally am...
Hitler's doctors were injecting him with what they called "vitamins". Maybe it was steroids. Maybe it really was vitamins. There is physical proof in...
My dad's generation was first people that didn't automatically serve in the Armed Services after graduating high school. Both my grandpas served. One...
The national cemeteries I have been to are pretty large. Even the rural cemetery outside of Sturgis was quite big. My question is, how does one go...
Okay, that seems like a minor detail. The last national cemetery I was in was outside Sturgis, South Dakota. I did not see a single stone that was...
My dad was just under the age limit for the draft. If he had been two years older he probably would have been called. With that being said, I have...
I have not been to Gettysburg (yet) but I have talked to people that have. Many say that it is pretty boring. They say that is just an open field...
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