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American History Commentary Modern World History

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

John McNeer August 4, 2019August 26, 2019 0 Comments American democracy, American History, first meeting of House of Burgesses Virginia, House of Burgesses, House of Delegates, political history, US History

The First Meeting of Virginia’s House of Burgesses, 1619: 400 Years of Democracy in America

The first session of Virginia House of Burgesses in 1619 was the birth of democratic republicanism in the US.

American History Commentary

John McNeer March 13, 2018January 8, 2023 3 Comments #constitution, 19th Amendment, Alice Paul, American History, Carrie Chapman-Catt, Commentary, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard, Ida B. Wells, Julia Ward Howe, Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, Seneca Falls Convention, Sojourner Truth, suffragist, Susan B. Anthony, United States, US History, voting, voting rights, Women's rights, Womens Suffrage

The Long Road for Women’s Suffrage

The Women’s Suffrage Movement and anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death

American History Commentary

John McNeer March 9, 2018January 9, 2023 3 Comments #constitution, a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, American History, Articles of Confederation, blood of patriots and tyrants, Commentary, Daniel Shays, George Washington, insurrection, James Bowdoin, John Hancock, Massachusetts, Philadelphia Convention, Regulator, Shay's Rebellion, taxes, Thomas Jefferson, Tree of Liberty, US History

Shays’ Rebellion: A Little Revolt with Big Repercussions

Shay’s Rebellion generated an urgency that brought Americans our Constitution

American History Commentary

John McNeer March 2, 2018January 9, 2023 5 Comments #richmond, #virginia, American History, cavalry, Civil War, Commentary, Confederacy, Confederate, Dahlgren Papers, Dahlgren's Raid, Edwin Stanton, Federal, Jefferson Davs, John Dahlgren, Judson Kilpatrick, Overland Campaign, Richmond Virginia, River Road, Ulric Dahlgren, Union, Union Cavalry, US History, War Between the States

Dahlgren’s 1864 Raid on Richmond Generates an Ongoing Controversy

As 1864 dawned, the Confederacy found itself in dire straits. Robert E. Lee had lost the Battle of Gettysburg

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 20, 2018February 15, 2023 0 Comments #americanpolitics, #politics, #slavery, #virginia, Abraham Lincoln, American History, Boston, Civil War, Commentary, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation, fugitive slave, Fugitive Slave Act, Law, Massachusetts, Missouri Compromise, popular sovereignty, Shadrach Minkins, Stephen Douglass, US History

Black History Month: The Case of Shadrach Minkins and an Omen of Things to Come

The Fugitive Slave Act initiated the final steps towards the Civil War

American History Commentary Modern World History

John McNeer February 8, 2018January 8, 2023 3 Comments #france, American History, Andre Jackson, Battle of New Orleans, British Empire, Commentary, Great Britain, impressment, James Madison, James Monroe, Manifest Destiny, Modern World History, Monroe Doctrine, Napoleon, Napoleonic Wars, UK, United Kingdom, United States, US, US History, War of 1812

Reassessing the War of 1812

The War of 1812 is largely forgotten of ignored but given the long term implications deserves more emphasis

Commentary Medieval/Renaissance History

John McNeer October 27, 2017January 9, 2023 3 Comments 80 Years War, American democracy, American History, Catholic, Commentary, Democracy, Dutch, Dutch Independence, Dutch influence, England, Glorious Revolution, Great Britain, Holland, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Empire, Medieval/Renaissance History, Philip II, Protestant, Protestant Reformation, Spain, UK, United Kingdom, US History, William of Orange

Who Cares About the 80 Years War for Dutch Independence?

Who Cares About the 80 Years War for Dutch Independence? I have an internet acquaintance from Holland who frequently