Yes, the History Junkie knows that it is Christmas Eve. But some of us still have to work. Readers demand their Weekly History Wrap-Up. And we will oblige. The Blog must go on! Great story out of Spotsylvania County, Virginia on a high school group bringing back the music of World War II. Keep up [...]
Yep. It’s Friday … again. Time for another addition of HJ’s Weekly History Wrap-Up. Ronald H. Bailey over at HistoryNet brings us a truly amazing piece on the Marquis de Lafayette’s return to the States in 1824. This is a must read for all Lafayette groupies (HJ included. Blush! Blush!) and Revolutionary buffs. Another American [...]
Yo! Yo! It’s that time of the week again–time for the History Junkie’s Weekly History Wrap-Up. A week after North Korea’s attack on Yeonpyeong Island, Dan Miller at the Opinion Forum brings us a very insightful piece on relations between North Korea, China, Russian and the U.S., then (Korean War era) and now. Some 60 [...]
Oh, where have the days gone? It’s Friday again and time for the History Junkie’s Weekly Wrap-Up. First up, Fox Lake, Illinois has a fab program running called Meet-A-Vet Day. I love it! Thanks Cooter for bringing it to us. Wow! Shelby County, Iowa has got it right. Their Historical Society has put together an [...]
Each, and hopefully every, Friday, the History Junkie plans on bringing you a weekly history wrap-up. Just a bit of this and that—items that caught HJ’s eye over the week. First up, as Gordon Lightfoot sings, “The church bell chimed, til’ it rang 29 times,” this past Wednesday to commemorate 35th anniversary of the sinking [...]