"I think that if you live long enough, you realize that so much of what happens in life is out of your control, but how you respond to it is in your
Archives for May 2016
Disaster All Around
. . . and told me that, learning Lee's army was to be surrendered, he had during the night mounted his fleet horse . . .Continuing Confederate
Parkman Vol 1 Part II, Chapter 13
"You are a liar." "Which way did you go?" "By what rivers?" "By what lakes?" "Who went with you?" They pursued the truth: Was Champlain
Confederate Government’s Last Days
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: President Davis Leaves the Capital for the Last
Treaty Ends 6th. Crusade
On Sunday, in his imperial robes and attended by a magnificent retinue, Frederick went to his coronation, as king of Jerusalem, in the Church of the
Passing of Oldest WWII Vet
by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. This story Oldest US World War II Vet Passes Away at 110 was presented 2 days ago
Cinco de Mayo, 2016
by Jack Le MoineTime: May 5, 1862Place: Puebla, MexicoIn the distance the French army marches to the coast. 4,000 Mexicans faces double their
Byzantine Law on Sex and Marriage
A sin, a vice, a crime, are the objects of theology, ethics, and jurisprudence. Whenever their judgments agree, they corroborate each other; but as
Champlain Reached Niagara Falls
Now, like a wall bristling at the top with woody islets, the Falls of the Chats faced them with the sheer plunge of their sixteen cataracts . . . .