Tuesday, January 07, 2025

The First Attack on the Custer Legend (Battle of the Little Bighorn)

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  George Armstrong Custer’s widow, Elizabeth “Libbie” Custer died on April 4, 1933.   She had defended her husband’s reputation for over fif...
Wednesday, December 04, 2024

Rare Copy of Constitution Sold at Auction

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   The National Archives  On October 17, 2024, a rare privately owned copy of the U.S. Constitution was sold at auction by Brunks Auctions o...
Sunday, November 24, 2024

Wicked and the Ruby Slippers.

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  Gregory Maguire 's 1995 novel  Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West creates a  backstory  for Elphaba, the futu...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Afghanistan: The Most Incompetent General Ever

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  Major General William Elphinstone is considered by some military historians to be “the most incompetent soldier who ever became a general”...
Friday, November 01, 2024

Sitting Bull’s Last Words

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Shortly before his murder in 1890, Sitting Bull said to his biographer: “When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world.   The sun rose and set...
Monday, August 26, 2024

Custer Captures a Confederate Washington

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                                                      Washington                            Custer James Barroll Washington was born in Balt...
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Captain Benteen Describes Panic at the Battle of the Little Bighorn

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  “I went over the battlefield carefully with a view to determine how the fight was fought.  I arrived at the conclusion I have right now-th...