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John McNeer March 23, 2018December 29, 2021 2 Comments #americanrevoluton, #colonialvirginia #colonialamerica, #foundingfathers, #freedom, #liberty, #libertyordeath, #patrickhenry, #speech, #virginia, American History, Commentary

March 23, 1775: A Call to Arms: “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!”

The true story behind Patrick Henry’s 1775 “liberty or Death” Speech

American History Commentary Modern World History

John McNeer March 19, 2018March 30, 2020 7 Comments #americanhistory, #corona, #coronavirus, #covid, #covid19andspanishflu, #covidandspanishflu, #history, #medicine, #worldwari, #wwi, American History, Commentary, coronavirusandspanishflu, covid-19, covid19, Modern World History, pandemic, spanishflu

Spanish Flu: the Mother of all Pandemics

The Influenza Pandemic resulted I the deadliest month in US History and killed up to 5% of the world’s 1918 population.

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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

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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

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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

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John McNeer February 28, 2018February 24, 2023 2 Comments #wwii, American History, Chester Nimitz, Commentary, Japan, Japanese Navy, Modern World History, naval warfare, Nimitz, Pacific War, silent service, sub, submarine, submarine warfare, US Navy, World War II, WW II

Admiral Chester Nimitz and the “Silent Service” in World War II

The underrated Chester Nimitz and US submarines, the “Silent Service” in World War II

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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

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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

American History Ancient History Medieval/Renaissance History Modern World History

John McNeer January 31, 2018January 10, 2023 0 Comments #art, Alfred Hitchcock, American films, American History, American movies, Andy Griffith, Art History, Caravaggio, Cecille B. DeMille, Commentary, David Gilmour, Django, Edward Hopper, Empire of the Sun, Escher, film, Francis Ford Coppola, Gustave Dore, Highland Center Mall, Hippolyte, Hollywood, Intolerance, Jack Nicholson, Jacques Louis David, John Singer Sergeant, John Wayne, Medieval/Renaissance History, Modern World History, Movie Art, Movie History, movie sets, movies, Norman Rockwell, Pink Floyd, Psycho, Star Trek, Stephen Spielberg, The Alamo, The Godfather, The Ten Commandments, Tutankhamun

Ancient History Hollywood Style and Other Influences from the Past

Western art has had a significant influence on Hollywood movies

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John McNeer January 8, 2018December 28, 2018 0 Comments American History, Commentary

The First NFL playoffs

It took more than a playoff exhibition to make professional football America’s dominant sport