Foundational Weapons For A Modern War
On my bucket list of future vacations, I used to list Washington D.C. near the top. I visited there once as a kid in the 1980s but couldn’t appreciate it at the time. As I grew older, and as my history nerdism reached new heights, I often dreamed of taking an extended
Continue readingStolen History: Regaining America’s Legacy From Traitors
[This was originally posted as Six Flags, January 2021] I don’t recall American flags flying outside my childhood homes, but they did – every Fourth of July, at least. I suspect we may have flown them more often but have no recollection of it and I’m not sure why that is. My
Continue readingRagged Old Flag: A Story Of Six American Flags
My wife and I have a saying: The next big thing. It’s is a term we use to describe something on the horizon that we need to prepare for, and it could be anything. The next big thing for us could be something important to a few key people, like an upcoming
Two days before Christmas in 1776, General George Washington sat down at his Valley Forge encampment. His weary Continental Army had just spent a season punctuated with a series of battlefield losses, and the imposing British army seemed in control of their fate. Washington took out a pamphlet he’d just received titled
