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Wilson: “Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something."

Laclede Pershing Complex hosts annual meeting

George Smith Patton, Jr. (1885 - 1945) George S. Patton Jr. was certainly the most controversial, and probably the most admired, of the Allied commande...

The Triple Lock was the first Smith & Wesson revolver built on what is now called the N-frame—S&W’s N-frames have defined the modern wheelgun.

Powell did. i mean, youre a presidential historian, but i didnt know who else to call today to get the big picture look at him besides you. >> youre absolutely right. you were talking about the fact that the gallup poll found him the most popular man of more than one year. how many non-presidents do that, or non-popes? pretty rare. it shows he was a figure in american history to the likes of general pershing and others -- >> sorry, michael, but i want to ask about his decision in 2008 to endorse...

A US military officer reports on the increasing incidence of insubordination, desertion and rebellion in the US army over the course of the Vietnam War. While we obviously don't agree with the officer's political perspective, the article contains lots of useful information on the GI resistance movement during the Vietnam War.

National WWI memorial to be unveiled in D.C. National WWI memorial to be unveiled in DC By Gray News Staff | April 15, 2021 at 5:28 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 5:28 PM WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - World War I is long over, but now, those heroes will never be forgotten. A new memorial in the nation’s capital is set to be dedicated this week. Until now, it’s the only major conflict from the 20th century that did not have a national memorial in Washington, D.C. “We are finally bei...

My Turn: Public works – an opportunity for bipartisanship Published: 2/14/2021 6:20:04 AM In President Joe Biden’s inaugural speech, he listed the convergence of five societal-level challenges facing the nation. He appropriately has focused on the most pressing challenge of containing the spread of the Sars-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. His next initiative could result in advancing the climate change, economic, and justice agendas that are foci of his new administ...

  Arguing over war. German submarines sank merchant ships engaged in what Americans viewed as peaceful trade and killed American passengers on British ocean liners, most notably the  Lusitania. As the war raged on in Europe, to many, including eventually President Wilson, the conflict became a matter of principles: whether to uphold the freedom of the seas, to make the world safe for democracy in the face of autocracy, or to establish a new world order ensuring permanent peace and governed by...

The technicians at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota fitted more skin and began riveting it in place on the wings for the Dakota Territory Aviation Museums P-47D Thunderbolt during December, 2020. (image via AirCorps Aviation) Warbird Digest has just received the December, 2020 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested...