I am always inspired by the monumental, and not-so-monumental, works of human ingenuity. Whenever I see a bridge, or a mountain road, or a tall building, it reminds me of how people, down through the ages, have altered their environment by building things to make their lives easier, or to commemorate occasions or people. Structures …
Category: History
All historical references, especially American history
Scenes from South Dakota
On September 1, my Hubby and I got into our car, and drove to South Dakota, for a Ricochet meetup with members from all over the US. Our drive took us through Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota finally. It was an uneventful drive, and the scenery we saw was spectacular. We …
In the 1930s, they built a wall.
In the 1930s, in the depths of the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration sent crews to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the Little Missouri National Grasslands portion, and set them to work building infrastructure. By the side of the North Dakota highway, there is a turnout with a viewpoint, and a low wall demarcating the …
Lens-Artists Challenge #114-Negative Space
As I understand it, Negative Space in a photograph is the space around the subject, not the subject. The Wide Open Spaces of Montana and North Dakota supplied some excellent subjects on our recent trip across country.They don't call Montana Big Sky Country for nothing.The white barn almost disappears in the Big Sky, under the …
This will be the Most Important Story of 2020. More important than the Wuhan Coronavirus.
On July 23, over at The Federalist, Mollie Hemingway published a story entitled: FBI Notes Refute NY Times Story, Highlight Media Collusion in Russia Hoax I am copying that post in its entirety here, so readers who can't or won't visit the original story can get the Real Facts. What used to pass for the …
A bittersweet Independence Day
This year of 2020, when we Americans should be celebrating American Exceptionalism-the big difference in America's founding and history from every other nation on Earth; our great country is riven by rioting, looting, Marxism, ugliness, vandalism---oh, and also a worldwide pandemic of a virus that originated in Communist China. Instead of the sound of parades, …
Living Proof that America is NOT a Systemically Racist Country
Barack Hussein Obama was elected President of the United States. Twice. By both black and white voters. As for the so-called Black Lives Matter movement, may I recommend that you drop by Ricochet and read the excellent essay by member Derryck Green. He nails it. Please tell me how looting and burning advances the cause …
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99-Old and New
As places go, the United States isn't very old, only about 250 years old. You have to travel to Europe or Asia to find really old artifacts. One of the best places to find old construction is the State of Israel. Itself, it is pretty new, having been founded in 1948. But the Covenant from …
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Memorial Day Tribute from Hillsdale College
On this Memorial Day, with the cemeteries closed down, the parades cancelled, and most public activities not taking place, Hillsdale College has prepared a moving tribute. Please watch, and remember the reason for this National Holiday. Hillsdale College Tribute on Memorial Day
For Who Will Record the Truth…
...in these days of Darkness? Who will write down, for others to read, exactly what happens? Who will write the History of events in all the turmoil? Who will record exactly what is said, and meant, by President Donald Trump? How will posterity know exactly what kind of President he was, when the recorders are …
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