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Before every war there is discussion among experts, mostly inside the military, about gaps in our preparedness. That conversation is going on now. The public isn’t hearing much of it, because most people aren’t going to conferences on military topics. But I go to them, and I always leave thinking this needs to be a wider conversation. Let's talk about casualties in a future conflict.
The Preakness Stakes was first contested in 1873, six years after the inaugural Belmont Stakes, and two years before the maiden running of the Kentucky Derby. It was a time of healing in America. The country was slowly being stitched back together both physically and emotionally during the Reconstruction period in the aftermath of the Civil War. Thoroughbred racing was on the ascent and playing a significant role in the new America. State officials in Maryland â which had a distinguished racing history and traced its Jockey Clubâs origins to 1743 â desired a piece of the post-w...
This Week in History: May 22-28, 2017 for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.” Machiavelli May 22 1807 – Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond, Virginia. It is alleged that Burr plotted to annex Spanish territories in Louisiana and part of Mexico to establish an independent territory. Burr is acquitted for lack of evidence that he acted on his plot. 1819 – The first steam-propelled vessel to cross Atlantic leaves Savannah, Georgia. 1842 – Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns in Schoharie County, New York, when they stu...