How right you are, vashstampede... I gave up listening to the spin from *all* sides years ago. There are clues to help us form opinions, though, I...
All that remains of Camp Letterman today is a couple of plaques and benches in the Giant Foods parking lot. I go into Giant every time I'm at...
Sometimes it's a bit of a curse to know history. I hear the statements that are being made from the administration about not having to go back to...
Although it's rather expensive, I've found that having a subscription to ancestry .com has been a very positive thing for me. There are so many...
Well I shall remember to stay away from those places. :) My problems started in a torrential downpour on I95 Richmond. No one slowed down and not...
Confederate General Alfred Iverson wasn't very respected by his troops. At Gettysburg, for some reason he didn't have the presence of mind to know...
I find it interesting that Lincoln offered field command of the U. S. Army to Robert E. Lee in spring of 1861. He was a Whig party member and part...
Anyone care to give an opinion on why you think General Lee thought the charge on the 3rd at Gettysburg was a good idea? I've stood there many times...
It was this date (June 22) in 1940 that the Nazis opened Auschwitz for the first... what do we call them? Victims? Prisoners? Every one of the...
Madison Strohlein (Skip) was lost in Vietnam nearly 43 ago (June 22, 1971). He was 23 (just barely) at the time and remains MIA to this day. US...
After the clash at Gettysburg's Peach Orchard on July 2, 1863, some wounded Union soldiers found refuge in the Joseph Sherfy barn along Emmitsburg...
I knew it but... I'm thinking I tried it one day and it didn't work for me. Maybe I got the username wrong or something. I'll test it on myself...
I enjoyed hearing this story from your friend, GearZ. It tended to remind me how often we (and I'm a big offender of this) don't "bother" or think...
There are over 18,000 Confederate soldiers from the Civil War buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. The cemetery is located on South...
I wasn't sure where to put this, so I'll try "Other Conflicts" because I can't post in the news section as far as I can see. Anyhow.... Iraq....
And for a little update... the more I hear on this Bergdahl story, the more upsetting it gets. I guess it would be worse if so many people wouldn't...
One of my favorite books is an hour-by-hour guide with maps... I've learned so much from this book! From the front cover, "Walking and Driving Tours...
It's strange that history doesn't say much about General George Armstrong Custer being at Gettysburg during the battle. I mean like who knew?! But...
Oh HORRORS! I'm so glad I just read over what I said yesterday! I hope it was clear that I mean "starting the topic" of saying the Holocaust didn't...
Very true... I was thinking more along the lines of world leaders having these capabilities but maybe there would be a way for terrorist groups to...
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