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Politics » History | By Jack Deal @ Wednesday, 26th December 2007

As a child I would look in awe at the flags of the world and the flags of the United States. In the U.S. section one flag always caught my attention; partly because it had the picture of a rattlesnake on it, and partly because the words beneath read \'Don\'t Tread on Me\'. The reference of course [more...]

Politics » History | By Jack Deal @ Tuesday, 25th December 2007

Fremont Peak State Park in San Benito County, California offers the best view of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary. 1n 1846 Fremont led an expeditionary force into what was then Mexico to survey the current state park area. At 3100 feet Gavilan Peak, or Fremont Peak as it is now called, splits the Bay in two; Santa Cruz [more...]

Politics » History | By Burl Collins @ Friday, 16th November 2007

The War of Independence had left the fledgling America free, but in turmoil. There was as yet no President and the country was a loose conglomeration of more or less independent states. Many soldiers who had fought in the war had yet to be paid for it and there was no official center of government to pay them. Philadelphias Old [more...]

Politics » History | By Jimmy Cox @ Monday, 22nd October 2007

From about the year 1930 calligraphy writing and lettering had made such progress that it had become a subject in the training of Art Teachers and was taught by the immediate followers of the two who had given their lives to its cause. Lettering of Today, first volume, published in 1937, showed the work of some of these who had [more...]

Politics » History | By Amar Mahallati @ Friday, 19th October 2007

Egyptian culture has emerged from a process that had been going on for thousands of years. The nomad tribes of fishermen and hunters began to be stationary in villages in approximately 6000 BC, and after the adapting of agriculture in approximately 5000 BC, some of them grew to quite a substantial size. Other communities were also developing, by [more...]

Politics » History | By Victor Epand @ Friday, 12th October 2007

The first tanks did not have turrets in World War 1 until the development of the French light tank called the FT-17. This French tank set the design of tanks to modern day even thou it only had a machine gun for is main weapon. Many World War 1 tanks were huge compared to the early days of tank in [more...]

Politics » History | By William Nugent @ Friday, 12th October 2007

We often think of Mao-Tse-Tung as a champion of Marxism but in this article I\'ll point out that Mao\'s reign of mass murder and despotism owes more to Darwin than Marx. To begin let me say that Darwinism was and remains the great underpinning of atheism. Marxism is militant atheism. There were atheists before Darwin such as Scottish philosopher David [more...]

Politics » History | By Jack Deal @ Thursday, 11th October 2007

Grandpa collected a series of 350 or so photos, reprints and postcards from World War I when he was an American soldier. For some reason he wanted to save all the pictures and they fill almost two albums. Maybe it was knowing that one day someone like me would look at the pictures and reflect on the true nature of [more...]

Politics » History | By Adrian Adams @ Friday, 3rd August 2007

No, I\'m not talking about weight loss. The Battle of the Bulge, known to the Allied military forces as The Battle of Ardennes, was the bloodiest battle of World War II, and one of the most horrific encounters in the history of modern warfare. The German plan was for this battle, along with three others (known to the Germans as [more...]

Politics » History | By Chris Pizzo @ Sunday, 3rd June 2007

When you look into military history, some armies stand out well above the rest. The ancient of warriors of Rome are among those elite few that did everything right. They were organized, well equipped, well trained, and had the attitude that they deserved to win. Rome did not collapse because of its fighting men, but because of corruption and the lack [more...]

Politics » History | By Adrian Adams @ Wednesday, 30th May 2007

The battle of Iwo Jima took place between the United States and Japan in 1945, but it was no ordinary battle. The Japanese warriors went in knowing they would not come back out alive from the tunnels they had built. Yet each warrior had a specific mission - to kill at least 10 U.S. Marines before they were killed. The [more...]

Politics » History | By Jimmy Cox @ Monday, 21st May 2007

From about the year 1930 calligraphy writing and lettering had made such progress that it had become a subject in the training of Art Teachers and was taught by the immediate followers of the two who had given their lives to its cause. Lettering of Today, first volume, published in 1937, showed the work of some of these who had [more...]

Politics » History | By Chris Pizzo @ Saturday, 19th May 2007

Rivalries aside, most people agree the Marine Corp trains some of Uncle Sam\'s toughest warriors. Sadly, the Marines, like so many military organizations, have fallen prey to political correctness in modern times. In 2001, the Marines switched from their battle proven close combat methods in favor of a system that is designed to \"subdue\" rather then kill an attacker. Funny, I never [more...]

Politics » History | By Adrian Adams @ Thursday, 17th May 2007

The Navy is a branch of the military that defends the United States by sea. In November of 1942 they were called upon to defend it from the Japanese. Since Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 the United States had suffered from a shortage of battleships. The battle of Guadalcanal is very important in history as it signified the end [more...]

Politics » History | By Adrian Adams @ Tuesday, 8th May 2007

In the 13th century, having been forced from their comfortable homes at Lake Leman, the Counts of Geneva fled from a hostile situation into the town of Annecy, France. As early as the 12th century, Annecy had been privilege to a small measure of fortifications, however with the arrival of the Counts - who took over the fortifications as their [more...]

Politics » History | By Chris Pizzo @ Saturday, 5th May 2007

Sometimes events in history force the creation of new ideas to replace what has becomes obsolete. Weapons, strategy and tactics have always been marked by change on the battlefields of history to deal with new threats. While obsolete weapons wind up in a museum, and outdated tactics are preserved in text, once a martial art has been deemed no [more...]

Politics » History | By Bob Carper @ Thursday, 12th April 2007

In the closing months of World War II, the term \"kamikaze\" was anything but funny. Broadly defined, it represented the will of the samurai warrior to give up his life for his country and Emperor in waging an attack against the enemy of his country. The term \"kamikaze\" is of Japanese origin and literally means \"divine wind.\" It came [more...]

Politics » History | By Bob Carper @ Friday, 6th April 2007

During the days I travelled here and there as a systems consultant, one of my favorite cities to visit was Chicago. I always made time to see a performance of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, especially if Brahms was on the playbill. Being an irrepressible train watcher, I was in seventh heaven visiting the greatest rail center in the [more...]

Politics » History | By Adrian Adams @ Wednesday, 4th April 2007

I signed my first Army contract in 1985, and over that time, one of the things I was most used to was the BDU, or Battle Dress Uniform. This is the uniform with a hunter style camouflage that most can close their eyes and envision when they think of the US Army. This uniform was adopted in 1981, [more...]

Politics » History | By Bob Carper @ Tuesday, 3rd April 2007

The Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia is the reproduction of the Joe Rosenthal photograph taken after the capture of Mount Suribachi. This was the highest point of land on Iwo Jima. The flag raising symbolized the capture of the volcanic ash island. This flag raising was the second of two such symbolic capture photographs. The [more...]