“Any understanding of this nation has to be based, and I mean really based, on an understanding of the Civil War. … It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads.”
Category: Historical Persons & Events
The Second Coming Of Trump
Donald J. Trump is President; Kamala will slither away into oblivion [or California, at least]; and for 4 more years, at least, the American Dream will have the freedom to once again be embodied by every American who wants to strive for it. I am so proud of us. God Bless America!
Donald Trump: The Anti-Fascist
American Nazis held a rally at MSG in 1939. In 1992, Bill Clinton’s DNC was held in Madison Square Garden. 2024 Trump is holding a rally. Hitler & his Nazis. For real. Donald Trump, they say, is holding this rally there to emulate Nazis.
Fortress Madonna … Christmas in Stalingrad 1942
Nestled in a makeshift hospital amidst the brutally bombed & burned Soviet city of Stalingrad [present-day Volgograd], a young German lieutenant attempted miracles within a hellish inferno.
Operation Barbarossa … a view through a fence-hole
The Russian colossus…has been underestimated by us…whenever a dozen divisions are destroyed the Russians replace them with another dozen. ~~ Franz Halder, German Army General Staff, August 1941
The Beauty that is History
All our stories – that is our history – belongs to all of us, as one.
~~~ Our Conundrum with The Founding Fathers ~~~
Been thinking … been thinking about what the Founding Fathers would think of how the America they created is doing these days. Of course, the
Waco: Wondering Why
April 19, 1993
The World at War!
I can’t escape. I try, but I can’t. “The World at War: The Ultimate Restored Edition” – this has got to be the very best
There’s no place like home … the exodus of the Northern Cheyenne
Many are familiar with the Cherokees of the SE and their forced removal to Indian Territory known as the Trail of Tears. Many, too, know of Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce tribesmen of the NW and their battles to attempt escape into Canada. Not as many are familiar with this particularly heartbreaking exodus ~~~
BRADDOCK’S DEFEAT
BRADDOCK’S DEFEAT … Battle of the Wilderness … … Inspiration for LOTM’s Massacre Valley? A large force of British regulars tramps down an old Indian
Patriots’ Day!
“If they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” … Captain John Parker It can be forgotten, given our preference to 3-day weekends,
Richard's Meanderings 