Fighting Quaker News Today

The Amherst Historical Society, 113 S. Lake St., will host Norman B. Miller’s presentation of “George Washington’s Distinguished Masons” at 7 p.m., Jan. 15. Miller, a volunteer and former master of Amherst’s Stonington Lodge, will present a history on the men George Washington trusted as his own distinguished masons. “Norm is a member and volunteer […]

GILPIN POINT — Descendants and dignitaries gathered Sunday, Nov. 5, to commemorate the valor and patriotism of a local Revolutionary War hero.

The 5th annual Cache Valley Mountain Man Rendezvous was held this Memorial Day weekend at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville, Utah.

<p>The author of "Gangsters of Capitalism" discusses Marine Corps General Smedley Butler, who manned the front lines of American imperialism but also blew the whistle on an alleged coup plot against FDR. </p>

<p>The author of "Gangsters of Capitalism" discusses Marine Corps General Smedley Butler, who manned the front lines of American imperialism but also blew the whistle on an alleged coup plot against FDR. </p>

<p>After leading Marines to secure the American empire in the wake of the Spanish-American War, Major Smedley Butler by 1935 repented and called himself "a racketeer for capitalism." </p>

What turned Smedley Butler into a critic of American foreign policy?

<p>After leading Marines to secure the American empire in the wake of the Spanish-American War, Major Smedley Butler by 1935 repented and called himself "a racketeer for capitalism." </p>

<p>After leading Marines to secure the American empire in the wake of the Spanish-American War, Major Smedley Butler by 1935 repented and called himself "a racketeer for capitalism." </p>

Smedley Butler is not a name most Americans recognize. But if you were in the United States Marine Corps, you heard his name plenty. Maj. Gen. Butler, sometimes called “The Fighting Quaker,” joined the Marines at 
age 17 to fight in the Spanish-
American War. Butler fought in wars around the