History, Politics, and Current Affairs
- Birthday
- December 21
- Bio
- None of these blogs were written for college. Each one I researched on my own for this blog. I have tried to pull out pieces of information and books that touched me. Peoples lives I did not want to be forgotten. Thank-you to all of those who read this blog.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Mound Builders of the Ohio
Valley: Hopewell and Medina
August 17, 2011 09:07PM - Remembering & Supporting
Darkhorse, 3rd Battalion,
Marines
August 07, 2011 09:57PM - Afghanistan, Where the
Geography and Culture are
Killers
August 06, 2011 11:43PM - 2nd Edition of Previous Post
August 04, 2011 11:12PM - Scholars, Existentialism, and
God in Germany During WWII
July 31, 2011 10:41PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I truly believe the
world will change
drastically
soon.”
February 02, 2012 02:00AM - “LOL :-)”
February 02, 2012 01:58AM - “Designator,
The
mounds of the Ohio Valley are
truly amazing. There is one
which
i…”
August 18, 2011 05:58PM - “Jerry,
Well,
there were others at the very
same time period that did
not
believe t…”
August 18, 2011 05:48PM - “How are these people
going to run our country if
they cannot
even get the facts
s…”
August 17, 2011 09:22AM
History, Politics, and Current Affairs's Links
Mound Builders of the Ohio Valley: Hopewell and Medina
The Ohio Valley has numerous burial mounds from the Hopewell and the Medina Tribes. The Hopewell was the presiding culture spread throughout the Ohio valley. Governor Thomas Worthington found a large burial mound on his estate near Chillicothe, Ohio. Mills excavated the mound then n… Read full post »
Remembering & Supporting Darkhorse, 3rd Battalion, Marines
On facebook last night one of my friends posted this as their status,
“! At the request of a friend -We are asking everyone to say a prayer for the US "Darkhorse" 3rd Battalion 5th Marines and their families. They are fighting it out in Afghanistan and have… Read full post »
Afghanistan, Where the Geography and Culture are Killers
Afghanistan the land of rolling steppes, mountains, and barren deserts, covering approximately 250,000 square miles makes it almost the size of Texas.[1] This country lies to the east of the Iranian Plateau and almost two thirds of the country is higher than 5,000 feet. /… Read full post »
2nd Edition of Previous Post
I needed to edit the previous post to make sure I was telling Haecker's story the way it was. If you have the time please check out the edited version. Thank-you for all who read my my blog. Read full post »
Scholars, Existentialism, and God in Germany During WWII
Rarely is the German resistance against the Nazi Party talked about; however, most people do not have a problem bringing up the Holocaust. The word Holocaust makes many Germans uncomfortable when they should not be. It was their ancestors who did these crimes… Read full post »
Why Hitler's Indoctrination Failed on Sophie Scholl
Sophie Scholl had not yet turned twelve when the Nazi take over occurred in Germany. During her youth, girls and boys joined the Hitlerjugend or the Hitler Youth. Coming out of the Weimar Republic, Germany had hyperinflation and extremists on the left and right with their parami/… Read full post »
The White Rose Society: Through Resistance There is Freedom
(Hans and Sophie Scholl, with Christopher Probst to the right from historical documents. I am still looking for more information on this picture. If someone knows more please leave a comment. Thank-you.)
The White Rose Resistance was a group of courageous individuals, mostly… Read full post »
Great Britain's Naval Reply to Germany's Realpolitik
The Journal of Military History, volume 74, and number 2 inspire this article. Within in that particular journal was an article entitled “The Baltic and Admiralty War planning, 1906-1907” written by Shawn Grimes. Shawn Grimes argues in December 1906 the secret plans of the a… Read full post »
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