Posts Tagged ‘WWI’
History of French Fries: Are They Really French?
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF FRENCH FRIES: NATIONAL FRENCH FRY DAY uly 13th is National French Fry Day. While no one knows who began this celebration, placing it on July 13 is significant in that the important French holiday is the next day, July 14, Bastille Day. Did they originate in France, why are they called that,…
Read MoreHistory of the World Cup
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF THE WORLD CUP he World Cup 2026 Tournament takes place across North America, hosted by sixteen cities – eleven in the United States, three in Mexico, and two in Canada. 42 countries, up from the previous 32, will participate in the first games hosted across three countries. The total number of matches played…
Read MoreHistory of the Liberation of Dachau, Part 1: April 29, 1945
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF THE LIBERATION OF DACHAU, PART 1: APRIL 29, 1945 remember what my father had told me of his participation in the liberation of Dachau shortly before he died in 1976. Some of his war buddies discovered the tribute site I’d created for my father and called or emailed me to recount stories I’d…
Read MoreHistory of the Civil War: When was the First Shot?
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: FIRST SHOT FIRED Podcast version hat was the “trigger” that started the American Civil War? On April 12, 1861, the first formal hostilities of the American Civil War occurred when Confederate troops attacked the military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Fort, located in Charleston Harbor,…
Read MoreHistory of the Liberation of Auschwitz: January 27, 1945
Reading Time: 7 minutesHISTORY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ: JANUARY 27, 1945 anuary 27, 1945, was the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, one of the most notorious camps of World War II, by the Soviet Red Army. This date is now known by the United Nations and the European Union as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In America,…
Read MoreHistory of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Century-long Love Affair
Reading Time: 12 minutesHISTORY OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN: A CENTURY-LONG LOVE AFFAIR Podcast version January 3 is the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien. He was born in 1892, the same year as my grandfather. f I were stranded on a desert island and could have only two works with me, it would be The Bible and Tolkien’s The Lord…
Read MoreHistory of Veterans Day: Lest We Forget
Reading Time: 3 minutesVeterans Day used to be called Armistice Day, commemorating the ending of hostilities on the western front of World War I on November 11, 1918, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. At 5:45 am on that day, Germany signed the Armistice (truce) in the Forest of Compiegne, and the order was given for a cease-fire later that morning, after four years of war.
Read MoreHistory of Daylight Saving Time – Fall Back
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME – ENDING Daylight Saving Time, or DST, is a clever campaign to convince us that we’re getting more daylight each day when, in reality, we’ve simply changed our clocks and then forgotten about it within two weeks. DST begins each year at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March…
Read MoreVeterans Day: How it Differs from Memorial Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day?
Read MoreHistory of The Olympics: Ancient and Modern
Reading Time: 8 minutesHISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS: ANCIENT AND MODERN The Summer Olympic Games open on July 26, 2024, in Paris, France. While the modern Olympic Games date back to 1896, the ancient Olympic Games date back as far as 776 B.C. and before. We will examine the Olympics in terms of religion, politics, war, nationalism, and internationalism.…
Read MoreHistory of Military Stalemates: Why We Have Proxy Wars
Reading Time: 7 minutesHistory of Military Stalemates: Why We Have Proxy Wars In recent weeks, the U.S. Congress has been considering bills for funding military support in Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific (code for Taiwan). What is the historical perspective behind funding wars that are not “directly” in a country or on its borders? Why do nations use proxy…
Read MoreHistory of the Christmas Truce of 1914: Peace in the WWI Trenches
Reading Time: 3 minutesHistory of the Christmas Truce of 1914: The Surprising Peace in the WWI Trenches
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