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CommentaryMedieval/Renaissance History
John McNeer December 19, 2017August 10, 2018 2 Comments American History, Commentary, Medieval/Renaissance History

Currents in the River of History

Though all nations follow the river of history, the currents affect each differently

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CommentaryModern World History
John McNeer December 14, 2017January 8, 2023 3 Comments #repression, 1930s, Commentary, Great Purge, gulag, KGB, Kirov, Lenin, Modern World History, NKVD, purge, Stalin, Trotsky, USSR

The Godfather: Soviet Style

The story of Josef Stalin’s rise would make a good plot for a mafia movie

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American HistoryCommentary
John McNeer December 12, 2017February 19, 2019 5 Comments American History, Commentary

An American Tragedy at Fredericksburg: Clash of the Irish Brigades

Irish Americans suffer a calamity at Fredericksburg

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American HistoryCommentary
John McNeer December 8, 2017December 6, 2018 0 Comments American History, Commentary, Modern World History

Remembering the 7th: Causes of the Surprise Attack at Pearl Harbor

How Japan’s rise as a Pacific empire also caused its downfall

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American HistoryCommentary
John McNeer December 1, 2017August 10, 2018 0 Comments American History, Commentary

George Washington’s Inauspicious Beginning

Capturing Fort Duquesne tarnished and restored the reputation of George Washington

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Ancient HistoryCommentary
John McNeer November 28, 2017November 26, 2020 2 Comments Ancient History, Commentary

98 Years Ago This Week: Tutankhamun’s Intact Tomb Discovered

November 1922: The world changing discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb

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CommentaryModern World History
John McNeer November 20, 2017August 10, 2018 0 Comments Commentary, Modern World History

Understanding How World War I Caused World War II

World War I planted the seeds for World War II

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Ancient HistoryCommentary
John McNeer November 15, 2017September 19, 2018 2 Comments Ancient History, Commentary

Otzi the Iceman, a 5,300 Year Old European Mummy Reveals the Complexity and Sophistication of Neolithic Human Culture

Otzi is a fascinating subject of study that continuously adds to our understanding of the past

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American HistoryCommentary
John McNeer November 13, 2017May 15, 2020 4 Comments American History, Commentary

Another Veteran’s Day Remembrance from my Uncle Weldon Reynolds

75 Years ago, my Uncle Weldon had a close call in North Africa in World War II

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American HistoryCommentary
John McNeer November 12, 2017February 17, 2020 0 Comments American History, Commentary

November 11: Veteran’s Day and Founding of VMI

VMI and Veteran’s Day

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Today’s Featured Event

Today’s Featured Event

330- Having reunited the Roman Empire and built his new city Constantinople, Emperor Constantine declares Constantinople to be the new capital of the Roman Empire. For other significant historical events from this date, please click on "Today in History."

Today’s Featured Birth

Today’s Featured Birth

1891- US politician Henry Morgenthau who served as Secretary of the Treasury for President Franklin Roosevelt. Morgenthau was a principle architect of the New Deal and the US Lend-Lease Program. He also set up the structure to finance the war effort in World War II, offering support to Nationalist China and assisting Jewish refugees. Morgenthau designed the plan (Morgenthau Plan) to convert post-war Germany into an agrarian state, stripping it of all arms industry. The US scrapped the Morgenthau Plan when it became apparent NATO would need a vibrant Germany to resist Soviet expansionism in Europe. For other significant births, please click on "Famous Births and Deaths" link in the menu above.

Today’s Featured Death

Today’s Featured Death

1778- English Prime Minister William Pitt, the Elder who led Britain to victory in the Seven Years War and supported Robert Clive’s conquest of India (“the crown jewel of the British Empire”) establishing Britain as a major world power.  Pitt also argued in Parliament for greater independence for colonists in America and attempted to prevent the passage of the Intolerable Acts.  When the French Fort Duquesne in western Pennsylvania was captured in 1758, it was re-named Fort Pitt and the city that grew up on the spot was named Pittsburgh.  For other significant deaths, please click on the "Famous Births and Deaths" link in the menu above.

Featured Art of the day: Born this week in 1746- Influential Spanish artist Francisco Jose de Goya: 3rd of May 1808

Featured Art of the day: Born this week in 1746- Influential Spanish artist Francisco Jose de Goya:  3rd of May 1808
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Featured Video of the Day: Born this week in 1945- Legendary US musician Lowell George, a founding member, vocalist, composer and lyricist of the rock band Little Feat and an influential and talented slide guitarist: Dixie Chicken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-GwdaKrn8

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