Archive for July 15th, 2019
The Sixth Amendment or…
…Speedy Trials My Ass Veritas Omnia Vincit is back, again gracing the pages of TAH with his articles on the US Constitution. Today his Article of choice is the Sixth, as you may have gathered from his rather tongue-in-cheek title. Enough intro, here’s VOV: Veritas Omnia Vincit In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy […]
President Trump’s “Go back” Tweet in Context
In three tweets, President Trump slammed four Congresswomen that keep criticizing “USA first” policies and the President. You guys are familiar with these four freshman congresswomen, and their comments regarding the United States and how this country should do things. Well, President Trump fired back, even taking aim at the foreign-born among them: @realDonaldTrump So […]
July 20, 1969: One Small Step…
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP) This is just a reminder that 50 years ago, a human from Earth walked on the Moon. And we have pictures. The remote TV camera outside the lunar […]
The York River Yields Another Piece of History
Another of ship of the sunken fleet that supported Cornwallis’s troops at Yorktown has been found in the York River, at a depth of 23 feet. A little bit of the history: this was Cornwallis’s final battle against the Colonial Army. His surrender at Yorktown is shown in painting included in the article. The toll […]
Funerals for S1c Millard Burk, TSgt. Alfred R. Sandini, and PVT Floyd A. Fulmer (World War II); and PFC James C. Williams (Korea)
Last September, DPAA announced that it had accounted for S1c Millard Burk, US Navy. S1c Burk was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. S1c will be buried later this week – on Friday, 19 July 2019 – in Honolulu, Hawaii. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the specific location for […]
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