History of the Winter Festival and Christmas
The United States, as a young nation, gathered traditions from the Old World, especially from Mother England and the United Kingd…
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Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Victorian Era: 1837 to 1901
Queen Victoria Much has been written about the Victoria Era, a period of history named after Queen Victoria that lasted from 183…
The Christmas Truce of 1914
I just watched the film Joyeux Noel ( Merry Christmas ) about the miracle of a Christmas Eve truce of three armies, an historica…
American Hero: Kenneth E. Stumpf
Kenneth E. Stumpf joined the Army from Milwaukee, Wisconsin , and by April 25, 1967 was serving as a Specialist Four in Company…
Thoughts of the Pollution of the English Language and Other Social Atrocities
I am off topic in so far as gunsmithing and the subject of firearms in general, but those who were former readers of Lighthouse J…
History of Marionettes and Puppets
In the early days of national television the Howdy Doody Show was first broadcast in the United States from 1947 to 1960, bein…
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