Conflicts
Corporal William Hawkins, 38th Wisconsin Infantry
In a recent trip to Galena, Illinois I discovered monuments to Civil War soldiers. One monument is located in Monroe, Wisconsin and the other is located in Grant Park in Galena. I had not thought to make this entry political but I could not help to think how long before some woke mob tears down […]
War at Saber Point: Book Review
“Bloody Tarleton,” “Bloody Ban,” or “Tarleton’s Quarter” is how Banastre Tarleton is known, if known at all today. Movies like The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson, created a fictional Colonel Tavington loosely (very loosely) modeled on the real Banastre Tarleton. In the film, Tavington earned the epithets “Bloody Tarleton” and “Tarleton’s Quarter.” In his War at Saber […]
Entangling Alliances
Did you know that only Congress has the power to declare war? It indeed requires an Act of Congress to declare war; yet, since 1941, the US has fought in numerous wars involving US personnel and other wars by proxy where we supplied arms and munitions. The war in Ukraine is a proxy war that […]
From the Depression to the Draft
Approximately 16 million Americans served in World War Two. All came out of the Depression with many being jobless prior to the war and most being poor. It’s been said that World War Two helped bring America out of the Depression and that is certainly true as industry geared up, not only to supply our […]
History and Hobbies 
History is Complicated-Islam and Palestine
One of the things that frustrate me is the overall ignornace of history in my country. I’m not sure how many young people under the age of forty are aware of what 9\11 was all about and who was responsible for the deaths of 3000 people? If any of you readers are confused about that […]