#Battlefields

Chief Wolfhound

DeMelaatse

Why did Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, then a British Army Captain in the Blues and Royals, a regiment of the Household Cavalry, salute the American Unknown Soldier interred in

Joe Lockhart

joelockhart

Welcome to today's edition of the Daily White House Shadow briefing. Let me start with an opening statement. Over the past 12 hours we've turned over every rock, called in

Steph Smith

stephsmithio

Helium is the element that makes your voice squeak and got David Blaine over the Arizona desert. Some ppl think that we'll run out of it within decades. Others disagree.But

Bob R Bogle

BobRBogle

Gotta go. Day trip to a few #ACW (and other) sites, some I've visited before, others not. Always a good omen beginning the day walking in Lincoln's footsteps. – bei

Kelsey D. Atherton

AthertonKD

The F-35, by virtue of three decades of development and crowding out all other alternatives, has become a singularly perfect metaphor for spending trade-offs made by the US, in a

Alternative NOAA

altNOAA

One of things we (Americans) don't spend much time studying in American History is the role that weather played in shaping our nation. I was a combat weatherman in USAF,

Justin Silverman

JustySilverman

I finally beat #DeathStranding. Took me 92 hours (a runtime of 61 movies.) I was just so engrossed in the world (and the building of a zip-line network...)Anyway, below is

Kevin M. Levin

KevinLevin

A little bit more about the burning of the headquarters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy last night in Richmond, Virginia. Some of you may be surprised to learn

UK in Florida 🇬🇧

UKinFlorida

The @PoppyLegion has launched this year's #PoppyAppeal in support of those most vulnerable in the Armed Forces community.Find out more about this charitable effort and why #EveryPoppyCounts in the

Jo Hook

JoJohook2003

As we see two coach operators go into administration my hopes for optimism are a bit scuppered at the moment. So today a bit of realism. I am fully convinced

Eileen May

suleskerry

Gen. de Gaulle,Edinburgh, 23rd June 1942: "I do not think a Frenchman could come to Scotland at any time without being sensible of a special emotion. Scarcely can he set

Une Plus Grande Guerre

UnePlusGrGuerre

Continuing on the theme of commemoration, today I want to explore the construction of memorials on sports grounds as they continue to keep the memory of the war alive. To

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

The Byzantines often tried to assimilate barbarians by resettling groups of them in other parts of the empire. But this worked at cross-purposes to another desire: to use the barbarians’

Karl Dockstader

KarlDockstader

On November 4th, 1924, Deskaheh presented an official proclamation explaining the sovereignty and independence of the Haudenosaunee people to the League of Nations. This sovereignty is recognized and affirmed in

Simon Cooke

SimonMagus

The green belt is NOT a protection for beautiful countryside it is an essentially arbitrary limit on development land supply - an urban growth boundary.And removing it doesn't end protection

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

(1/11) Thomas Holmes—the “Father of Modern Embalming”—had an unusual way of advertising his services during the American Civil War. In shop windows, he displayed the preserved bodies of unknown soldiers,