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The Harlem Hellfighters: The Incredible Story Behind the Most Decorated US Regiment in WWI In his commencement address at Washington, D.C.’s Howard University in June 1924, almost six years after World War I ended, President Calvin Coolidge paid tribute to African Americans who had fought in it: “The colored people have repeatedly proved their devotion to the high ideals of our country. They gave their services in the war with the same patriotism and readiness that other citizens did. ...

PIERRE -- The South Dakota National Guard presented several awards for distinguished service to a family, employer, public servant and a state agency during its 2021 Dining-Out at the Ramkota

Courtesy of the National Park Service 24th Infantry Buffalo Soldiers patrol Yosemite in 1899. The soldiers would leave an indelible mark through numerous environmental firsts. J.D. Simkins  – February 12, 2021 | Updated February 22, 2021 Wildlands is your source for the world of travel, outdoor adventure, conservation, and the stories of those who live wild lives. When Congress stood up a collection of all-Black regiments in 1866, the units that would eventually become kn...

Origin Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States, is now perhaps most commonly known for ranking at or near the top of “Worst Presidents” lists. Invocation of Harding’s name does not typically call to mind any sterling achievements as president, but rather a litany of scandal and corruption: the bribery-induced Teapot Dome oil leases of Harding’s Secretary of the Interior (Albert Fall); Harding’s heavy drinking and fully stocked White House bar in the midst of Prohibi...

  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 Harlem Hellfighters: The Incredible Story Behind the Most Decorated US Regiment in WWI No matter what you think about America entering World War I, and no matter what color your skin, you can celebrate the heroic Harlem Hellfighters. They were among the best. Thursday, February 4, 2021 In his Commencement Address at Washington, D.C.’s Howard University in June 1924, almost six years after World War I ended, President Calvin Coolidge paid tribute to African Americans who had fought in it: ...

The National WWI Memorial The National World War I Memorial at Pershing Park is a planned memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I The National World War I Memorial at Pershing Park is a planned memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I. In 2014, Congress authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to develop the WWI Memorial in Pershing Park, loc...

George Seldes: Speaking Truth To Power In his autobiography, Three SOBs, Seldes relates an interesting tale in chapter 22 of this book, “Lenin Speaks of His American Mentors.” Seldes was in Moscow for the fifth anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. He was one of the few American journalists who met V. I. Lenin and spent personal face-time with him. Lenin discussed the tremendous impact two Americans had had upon him. First, the Socialist politician and writer Daniel De Leon, who had sha...

Missourinet You are here: Home Several Missouri connections in today’s presidential inauguration Democrat Joe Biden has been sworn into office today as America’s 46th president. Kamala Harris has taken the oath office as America’s first female vice president and first vice president of color. There are several Missouri connections to the event. For the second consecutive time, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, served as the chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Cere...

The Pueblo Chieftain Rioters werent true patriots A cult is defined by its excessive and unwarranted devotion to a person, place, or cause.  What the nation saw on January 6th, 2021 at the national Capitol was the work of a cult.  Donald Trump’s fervid supporters are not patriots, as Trump and some Republican politicians like Ted Cruz describe them. No true patriot would have paraded the stars and bars of the Confederacy through the Capitol; that never happened even during the Civil War....