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NURSE EDITH CAVELL
Edith Cavell was born in 1865. She was the daughter of a rector. She worked as a governess in Belgium and then returned to England to train as a nurse. She worked in hospitals in London and then became Read more
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Myth #19 Jane Fonda Ratted Out POWs During a Visit to North Vietnam
Jane Fonda was probably the most famous (or infamous, if you will) Vietnam War protester. In 1970, she and Donald Sutherland and others toured West Coast military bases with a show entitled “Free the Army” (which was take-off on the Read more
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BATTLE OF KING’S MOUNTAIN
After the Battle of Saratoga, the British changed strategy and attempted to tap into the supposedly large loyalist population of the southern colonies. At the start the strategy seemed to work. In May, 1780, the city of Charleston, S.C. Read more
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KING JOHN OF BOHEMIA
The Battle of Crecy was a royal butt whipping of the French by an English army led by King Edward III. You have to credit the French knights with foolish bravery as they rode into a blizzard of arrows Read more
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THE OPELOUSAS MASSACRE
In September, 1868, a teacher named Emerson Bentley found a note on his school door. It read: “E.B. Beware! KKK”. The note included a coffin, skull and bones, and a bloody dagger. The 18-year-old Bentley had come south from Read more
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The Greatest American Soldier in WWI
Samuel Woodfill’s father was a veteran of the Mexican War and the Civil War. Samuel enlisted in the Army in 1901. He saw action in the Philippines against guerrillas. His unit was involved in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. On Sept. 26, Read more
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MYTHS ABOUT THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS
In February, 1692, two young girls in Parris household began to show symptoms of bewitchment. Elizabeth “Betty” Parris (9) and her cousin Abigail Williams (11) had fits that were immediately attributed to witchcraft. Soon, other young girls were having fits, Read more
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THE SECOND FORD ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
On Sept. 22, 1975, President Gerald Ford had just finished a speech to the World Affairs Council. As he left the St. Francis Hotel, he was shot at twice by Sarah Jane Moore. This was only 17 days after Read more
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THE HELLACIOUS FOREST
In September, 1944, the Anglo-Americans were moving hell bent for leather to push into Germany. The breakout from Normandy had led to rapid advances and the belief that the war was going to be over soon. The Germans did Read more
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BATTLE OF FREEMAN’S FARM
One of the most significant battles in American History occurred on Sept. 19, 1777 and it was a loss. In 1777, British General John Burgoyne marched an army south from Canada to meet an army coming north from New Read more