The First Code-Talkers in American History

Follow the link to learn more, readers: America’s First Code Talkers Were Choctaw Soldiers During WWI Dec 1, 2021 Jesse, Guest Author To keep their plans a secret from the enemy during the fighting in WWII, the US famously employed Native American code talkers who communicated in their native languages. However, WWII was not the …

A Heroic Priest in Times Square

Learn more about this fascinating man through the link below, readers: Why is there a statue of a Catholic priest in NYC’s Times Square? Zelda Caldwell - published on 11/11/21 Fr. Francis P. Duffy was a highly-decorated military chaplain in World War I, who later served New York’s theater district community. At the northern end …

Weird Ideas…

…are as old as time. Click the link to learn more, readers! Stars And Strifes! Rejected Amendments To The U.S. Constitution Nov 5, 2021 Steve Palace The United States Constitution is set in stone. Or rather, written down on paper and subject to change. As you can imagine, the process is slow and often unsuccessful. …

Quotes from Louis L’Amour

A little while ago I happened upon some posts with quotes from Agatha Christie and her books. This and the desire to find a specific quote from Louis L’Amour sent me on a search into the accumulated selections from the man’s many works. The results are below, readers, and well worth the time. I have …

“Pulling a Jackie Chan…”

Having grown up on Jackie Chan films, I have to appreciate the time and effort that went into the video below. While I agree that Jackie is not the “founder” of parkour, his gymnastics certainly helped people begin to take up this style of exercises. Plus, seeing the clips from his films reminded me how …

Paul Revere’s Ride

Happy Independence Day, readers! Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, “If the British march By …

A Mighty Legend

Click the link to learn more, readers! Sergeant First Class Jerry M. Shriver If you ask any man who served with MSG Jerry “Mad Dog” Shriver, they’ll tell you he was more of a warrior than a Soldier: a man wholly dedicated to warfare and violence. He was the distilled essence of war in its …

Memory: The Jackie Letter

You can learn details about the letter linked below here, readers. This is a tear-jerker story, so make sure you bring a tissue. It is a window to the past that, in the words of the History Guy, “deserves to be remembered”: DEAR JACKIE A letter from Lt. Commander John J. Shea, USN, USS Wasp, …

Practice, Practice, Practice…

NASA wasn’t taking any chances, readers. They put the astronauts through the wringer. Learn more through the link below! The Extreme Measures NASA Took to Train Its Astronauts for Space Nov 5, 2021 Clare Fitzgerald In the 1960s, space travel was still in its infancy. As such, NASA had to find innovative ways to train …

A Hero of Pearl

May he be remembered, readers: Pearl Harbor: Catholic Chaplain Went Down with USS Oklahoma Lt. Aloysius Schmitt, Catholic chaplain, had just finished celebrating Mass; stepped aside for other men to escape The USS Oklahoma carried a crew of 1,300 sailors and 55 marines when it capsized in 50 feet of water during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor …