I’m a Day Late but it’s the Thought that Counts… H/T Commander Zero My favorite holiday. Dedicated to the notion that otherwise law-abiding citizens sometimes just need to shoot at The Man. I will argue that there is virtually no finer way to observe the holiday, short of leaving an upper decker…
Category: Historical Study
Know Your History: Carolina Celts and the American Revolution
CAROLINA CELTS & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION In sum, it is hard to look at the South’s experience during the American Revolution as anything but extraordinary. This article provides a minor glimpse into the most exciting and often forgotten theater. Yankee mythology effectively frames the American Revolution in the following way: Tea Party, Minute Men…
Know Your WW2 History: Axis vs AA Guns
AXIS VS. AA GUNS: HISTORY OF AMERICAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS Even from the first moments of America’s sudden involvement in World War II, U.S. anti-aircraft (AA) gunners were in the thick of the fight. John W. Finn, US Navy Chief Aviation Ordnanceman, won the Medal of Honor during the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, December…
On This Day in History: The Chios Massacre
The Chios Massacre On the 11th April 1822 an army of some 40,000 Ottoman troops began landing on the Greek island of Chios, which is situated just 7 kilometers off the Turkish coastline of Anatolia, with express orders to kill all Christian infants under three years old, all males 12 years and older, and all…
Aergeweorc
Aergeweorc ‘The period of history which we now call ‘Anglo-Saxon’ lasted from about the mid-fifth century to the end of the eleventh, after the Norman conquest. Most surviving Anglo Saxon manuscripts date from the latter part of that period and the majority of them are in Latin, but England was unique in Early Medieval…
On This Day in History: The Battle of Arogee, 1868
“Never Give Way to Barbarians” The British Abyssinian Expedition of 1868: A Matter of Honor The Abyssinian Expedition of 1868 was unlike any military campaign before or since. Today, the idea that an entire expeditionary force could be raised to invade a country on another continent and just to rescue eight people might seem…
Bushcraft: Vikings Used a Gross Survival Firestarter: Here’s How to Make It
Vikings Used a Gross Survival Firestarter. Here’s How to Make It You have to admire the practicality and ruggedness of our European ancestors: All they needed was some fungus and some boiled piss and they had FIRE! Don’t discount this article! When you understand the chemistry involved it is ingenius!
The German Art of Bunker Building – WW2 Special
Western Hunter-Gatherer facial reconstructions and media manipulation [Short post]
The Battle of the Black Sea
The above video is excerpts from a documentary called The Battle of the Black Sea with fellow Texan and former D-Boy Paul Howe. This is the REAL story of Black Hawk Down told from the perspective of one of the men that was there.