Theatre of War – 14 Unexpected Historic Reenactment Groups
CIVIL WAR REENACTMENTS JUST AREN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE. So writes Jesse Marx in an article on the news site TheWeek.com. While a decade ago, there were an estimated 50,000 living-history enthusiasts in the…
Mouthpieces – History’s Most Famous Wartime Propaganda Broadcasters
“Baghdad Bob was just the latest in a long series of famous (and infamous) wartime propagandists that emerged in the age of mass media.” IN APRIL, 2003, things looked bad for Saddam Hussein. Three weeks…
“For Wounds Received” – 15 Remarkable Facts About the Purple Heart
“Originally known as the Badge of Military Merit, the medal was established by General George Washington on Aug. 7, 1782.” IT’S LIKELY FEW AMERICANS even know about one of their country’s newest (and perhaps least-known)…
Old Soldiers — Meet the Last Surviving Veterans of the U.S. Civil War
“Amazingly two surviving offspring of U.S. Civil War veterans continue to receive $876 each from the federal government.” (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED MARCH 18, 2013) THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PAYS OUT $40 BILLION A YEAR to war veterans and their…
VIDEO — MHN On Hand as Canadian Lancaster Leaves for UK Tour
MHN WAS RUNWAY-SIDE IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO earlier today as the Canadian Avro Lancaster, one of the last two airworthy models of the iconic World War Two bomber, departed for a month-long tour of the United Kingdom. Hundreds…
The Forgotten Armies of the Western Front – 1914 to 1918
(Originally published October 2012) EIGHT MILLION MEN fought in the British Army during the First World War. More than half of them (5 million) served in France and Flanders on the Western Front. [1] These…
