Tag: history
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Journal Entry-Snowbird-Fifth Day
I spent most of the day at Fort Donaldson along the west side of the Cumberland River. Once again, the amount of work that the Confederates put in to protect the fort is awesome. The amount of soil move for tenches and gun parapets is incredible. Sure they had like 16,000 solders, and an unknown…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Forth Day
I started this morning by touring Columbus-Belmont State Park. There was a large number of kiosks describing the Battle of Belmont on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River. Before the battle, the confederates had troops on both sides of the river. Since they were expecting US Grant to come at them from the north…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Third Day
Water puddles everywhere this morning, since the area has had rain. I walked over to Fort Massac this morning and looked around. There is a large story about the fort, or maybe I should stated the two forts. The second fort was built along side of the original fort site, since the original fort was…
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Journal Entry – US Air Force Band
What an evening? Can anyone believe that the US Air Force Band was playing in the preforming arts building on the UW-W campus on Veterans Day? Strictly unbelievable. By observing the talent of these airmen and noncommissioned officers (NCOS), any third world country would know that they do not stand a chance against our military.…
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Current Civil War – Religion
It is a nice fall day here in southern Wisconsin, with a strong wind to blow through the tree branches and grass that gives this time of the year a real special feeling that can be cherished this time of the year. It is a little warm this time of the year at 79 degrees,…
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Defection – Liberals – The Underlining Current
When I sat up my blog, I had envisioned writing it based on the deflection that this country has taken since the Founding Fathers wrote the US Constitution, and the laws that have been set up for the US citizens to follow have been deflected from the Founding Fathers envisioned. And, now the the woke…
Deflection 