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John McNeer April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 0 Comments #americanhistory, #benitomussolini, #deathofmussolini, #history, #italiancampaign, #italy, #milan, #mussolini, #secondworldwar, #ushistory, #veteran, #worldwarii, #worldwariiveteran, #wwii, #wwiiveteran, American History, Modern World History, US History

Weldon Reynolds Remembers the Death of Mussolini

75 years ago on April 28, 1945, Italian partisans killed dictator Benito Mussolini and his entourage near Lake Como. By

American History Commentary News

John McNeer February 25, 2020February 28, 2020 0 Comments #americandemocracy, #americanhistory, #conservation, #freedom, #history, #houseofburgesses, #liberty, #libertyordeath, #libertyordeathspeech, #monument, #patrickhenry, #preservation, #revolutionarywar, #richmond, #stjohnschurch, #ushistory, #virginiahistory, #warofindependence, news

A Call to Save Historic St. John’s Church

Historic St. John’s Church where Patrick Henry delivered his “Liberty or Death” Speech is in immediate need of repairs.

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 1 Comment #alexanderhamilton, #americanhistory, #americanpolitics, #antifederalist, #britain, #constitution, #electionof1796, #electionof1800, #federalist, #founders, #founding, #foundingfathers, #france, #frenchrevolution, #genet, #georgewashington, #history, #impeachment, #jamesmadison, #jaytreaty, #marthawashington, #neutrality, #politics, #reignofterror, #revolutionarywar, #thomasjefferson, #usfounders, #ushistory, #warof1812, #washingtonadministration

The Rupture of George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Friendship and Its Importance [Abridged]

Author’s Note: In the more concise version of this post I will focus on an incident in 1800 that reveals

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 12, 2020February 13, 2020 4 Comments #alexanderhamilton, #americanhistory, #americanpolitics, #antifederalist, #britain, #constitution, #electionof1796, #electionof1800, #federalist, #founders, #founding, #foundingfathers, #france, #frenchrevolution, #genet, #georgewashington, #history, #impeachment, #jamesmadison, #jaytreaty, #marthawashington, #neutrality, #politics, #reignofterror, #revolutionarywar, #thomasjefferson, #usfounders, #ushistory, #warof1812, #washingtonadministration

The Rupture of George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Friendship and Its Importance

Author’s Note: When I started this blog I wanted to create concise but informative summaries that were either historically important

Ancient History Commentary Medieval/Renaissance History Modern World History News

John McNeer January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 4 Comments #archaeology, #assyrian, #babylonian, #barbaric, #diocletianscolonnade, #greek, #history, #isis, #khaledal-asaad, #khaledal-assad, #khaledalasaad, #khaledalassad, #khaledasaad, #middleeast, #palmyra, #persian, #phoenician, #roman, #romanempire, #syria, #templeofbaal, #templeofbel, #templeofthesun, #zenobia, ancienthistory, isil

Khaled al-Asaad, Historian, Scholar and Defender of Civilization

Khaled al-Asaad spent his life preserving the historic ruins at Palmyra and was willing to defend civilization with his life from the barbarism of ISIS

Commentary Modern World History

John McNeer December 13, 2019December 18, 2019 0 Comments #andalucia, #andalusia, #flamenco, #garcialorca, #history, #literatura, #literature, #lorca, #poem, #poetry, #riderssong, #salvadordali, #spanish, #spanishcivilwar, #spanishclass, #spanishlit, #spanishliterature, #theriderssong

The Rider’s Song, Foreshadowing Death in Spain

Garcia Lorca drew on the diverse culture and history of Andalusia to create a haunting poem foretelling his death.

Commentary Medieval/Renaissance History

John McNeer December 5, 2019 0 Comments #art, #arthistory, #bramante, #catholicchurch, #fresco, #history, #italinhistory, #italy, #juliusii, #michelangelo, #pope, #raphael, #renaissance, #rome, #sistinechapel, #stpeters, #zechariah, painting, renaissancehistory

A Secret Message for the Warrior Pope in the Sistine Chapel Ceiling

After being treated badly by his patron, Pope Julius II, the Warrior Pope, Michelngelo exacted revenge with a secret message in his Sistine Chapel painting

American History Commentary

John McNeer November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 1 Comment #americanhistory, #berkeleyhundred, #colonialvirginia, #firstthanksgiving, #georgewashington, #history, #pilgrim #berkeleyplantation, #sarahjosephahale, #thanksgiving, #ushistory, #virginia, #virginiahistory

The Real First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of America’s unique holidays. Over time our celebration has developed into a day dedicated to remembering our

American History Commentary

John McNeer October 31, 2019January 5, 2022 10 Comments #americanhistory, #halloween, #history, #superstition, #ushistory, #virginiawitch. #virginia, #witchcraft, #witchhunt, #witchofpungo

Grace Sherwood, The Witch of Pungo– Truth and Fiction

A brief history of witchcraft and separating fact from fiction in the witchcraft trial of Grace Sherwood, the Witch of Pungo.

American History Commentary Modern World History

John McNeer October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 2 Comments #1stamendment, #adamsilver, #americandemocracy, #americanhistory, #billofrights, #censorship, #china, #constitution, #currentevents, #darylmorey, #guiminhai, #history, #nba, #politics, #repression, #rights, #tweets, #ushistory, Commentary, Modern World History, news

The NBA, Chinese Repression, Hong Kong Protests and Lessons in American Liberty

The Chinese repression that has come to light in the recent controversy with the NBA and protests in Hong Kong offers a reminder of how fortunate Americans are.

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