History
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March 7, 2023
Doolittle Memorial Update
Originally done March 7, 2012, on a former blog · republished 2023
This post is a revision and updating of one originally done March 7, 2012, on a former blog. June 28, 2010, I had done a…
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August 11, 2016
Education in America (Well, Tennessee Anyway) – 100 Years Ago (May 12, 2010)
Originally published May 12, 2010 · republished 2016
I wrote a couple of days ago about some changes in education over the past fifty years, but I also have one first-hand account of…
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July 28, 2018
Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts
Originally published 4/29/2012 · republished 2018
(First published 4/29/2012) US Ambassador to Germany was not exactly a plum position in 1933, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to get to his…
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July 29, 2018
I Liked and Like Ike
Published first a few years ago in an earlier blog. Dwight David (Ike) Eisenhower was the president of my youth, age 10 to 18 approximately,…
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August 14, 2016
Spain’s History of Tyranny, Tolerance, Tribute, and Territorial Struggles
Originally published 3/28/2012 · republished 2016
Originally posted 3/28/2012. Updated 7/28/2018 to include comments by the Montserrat Guide which were previously in a separate post. We just got back from a…
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September 4, 2016
Very Helpful US History Book
I am enjoying America’s Forgotten History, Part II, by Mark David Ledbetter. It is self published and available on Amazon Kindle for $1.50. Of course…
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