July 26th: Today in 1948 President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 which officially desegregated the United States military. The Second World War had revealed how foolish segregation had been and how it had handicapped our forces, this order helped to make our military much more effective. Whether you are a Truman fan or not today [...]
Bears on the rampage, man is helpless against their fury. Phear the summer of the BEAR!
July 25th: Today in 1853 Joaquin Murrieta was supposedly killed in a gunfight with California Rangers. Murrieta was a bandit who robbed gold miners and a cold blooded killer, but he became a robin hood type figure after his death and his fictionalized life story was the basis for the later Zorro stories.
So the British Army is now requiring their bagpipers to wear ear plugs and limiting their practice time, what about us? Think of the children!
American’s are notoriously reluctant to travel to foreign countries but one American has travelled to England and writes to let us know what it is like. Fascinating stuff, apparently they do some things differently then we do here in America! Oh, and they drink a lot of beer.
July 24th: Today in 1411 one of the bloodiest battles in Scottish history and a classic lowland vs. highland battles took place at Harlaw, near Aberdeen. The battle was a classic game of highland charges against a lowland pike squares with both sides fighting until they simply couldn’t fight anymore. The battle is remembered in [...]