by Bob | Apr 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Was today, 14 April, in 1865, when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. In some ways, this tragic event is subdued by the fact that the Civil War was essentially over by that point with Robert E. Lee having already capitulated. It seems as if his major task in life,...
by Bob | Mar 13, 2022 | Hidden History
George Washington On the Ides of March, 1783 George Washington gives a dramatic speech, halting a coup by his officers against Congress and saving the fledgling United States. The bulk of the Army was encamped in Newburgh, New York. Things were relatively peaceful as...
by Bob | Feb 3, 2022 | Hidden History
One of the things I had to memorize as a plebe at West Point, besides esoteric stuff such as ‘How’s the Cow’ was an interesting piece of not-so-trivia: In sixty of the major battles of the Civil War, West Pointers commanded both sides. In the other five, they...
by Bob | Jan 25, 2022 | Books, Movies and TV shows
Area 51 I first heard of Area 51 in the early 90s. My ex-wife was an Army helicopter pilot and deploying across the country with her unit to the National Training Center in southern California. She mentioned how they had to divert around the airspace west of Nellis...
by Bob | Jan 7, 2022 | Books, Movies and TV shows
History of Time Travel This is a short movie, slightly over an hour, that is fiction presented as a documentary. It is, frankly, quite brilliant. It is one of those movies you’re either going to love for what it does, or hate and think it’s nonsense. As a writer, I...
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