Category: American History 101
Damnatio Memoriae for the 21st Century?
{Damnatio Memoriae} is the latin phrase literally meaning “condemnation of memory” in the sense of a judgment that a person must not be remembered. It was a form of dishonor that could be passed by the Roman Senate upon traitors or others who brought discredit to the Roman State. The intent was to erase someone from…
Impulse Control, Generational Wealth And Poverty
Impulse Control, Generational Wealth And Poverty “This has disturbing implications for the future of Amerca and Europe. America has gone from a nation that was over 80% White, people who have evolved to think of the future, to a nation that is about to flip to majority-minority with most of those minorities being blacks…
Wider War Will Bring Inevitable Attempts At Martial Law In America
Wider War Will Bring Inevitable Attempts At Martial Law In America Not long ago at the height of fear over the global pandemic the US underwent a change that many people argued would never happen. For years I have heard people say that authoritarian controls in America are “tinfoil hat conspiracy theory” and doom…
Know Your USMC History: The Beirut Barracks Bombing (October 23, 1983)
40 Years Ago — The Beirut Barracks Bombings (October 23, 1983) The Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces — members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon…
Today in History
Via: National Vanguard 1949: Eleven members of the Communist Party are convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States. Five of the guilty are Jews; two are Negroes.
The Guns of the Rooftop Koreans
The Guns of the Roof Koreans The Roof Koreans, or Rooftop Koreans, have become a steady part of gun culture. They live on as an example of why the Second Amendment is so important. The origin of the Roof Koreans comes from the 1992 LA riots. These riots left first responders and law enforcement too…
Know Your WW2 History: William Slim – A Soldier’s General
Via: Fix Bayonets Here is, perhaps, World War II’s greatest general, and hardly anyone today knows his name. Field Marshal William Slim is best known for commanding Fourteenth Army in Burma during the Second World War (1939-45). In taking command, he inherited a disastrous situation in which, with practical skill and quiet charisma,…
Know You USMC History: Operation Starlite (1965)
H/T Fix Bayonets Locate, Close With, and Destroy There are two reasons for people to clash. First, because some people believe they have no other choice. A second reason is that it suits them. During OPERATION STARLITE, the 1st V.C. Regiment lost 615 men, either as killed in action or detained as…
A Brief History of Attacks on the U.S. Capitol
A Brief History of attacks on the U.S. Capitol Now that people are getting sentenced for peacefully protesting on January 6th, and the establishment is calling Trump’s promise to pardon them “an unprecedented danger to our democracy,” I decided to do some fact-checking… A brief history of attacks on the US Capitol: In…