8 hours ago by focused nomad

A couple of weeks ago I was in need of a ‘fiction fix’. I chose a book from my husband’s cache whichhas recently been attractively increased by Christmas gift giving. Gone for Good by Harlan Coben wouldkeep me company in the next days. Althoughbeing new to Mr. Coben, the book description fit into my ...

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13 hours ago by PFL0W

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14 hours ago by Brian

Michelle Green’s mission is to place a new marker on the grave of Civil War nurse Mary Dunbar (1815-1887), whose service as a member of the Woman’s Relief Corps is not recognized by the federal government. The timeworn gravestone is now barely legible. Read More

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14 hours ago by Ben Judy

Great innovations often appear during times of hardship and stress. Constraints of time, money, and resources can be the catalyst for new inventions and expressions of creativity. Such constraints are often found in the midst of war. We recently took a look at Five Innovations from World War II wher ...

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17 hours ago by Randall G. Holcombe

[Originally published in The Freeman, September 1997, Volume 47, Issue 9] Lincoln and Wilson Set Precedents for Government Spending Popular opinion holds that most of the credit (or blame) for the incredible growth of the federal government should go to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New De ...

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22 hours ago by Joni Rodgers

Colleen Thompson's Innocent Deceptions is free on Kindle Friday now through Sunday. Inspired by the true story of a Memphis belle-turned-Confederate spy who became engaged to multiple Union officers during her city's occupation, Innocent Deceptions explores what happens when she falls for the most d ...

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1 day ago by Stephen Belding

This looks and sounds like civil war in Houston. This type of confrontational scenario is what is required now. To keep it confrontational and not bloody. The civil war is still in the political domain. Thus far it has not escalated in the U.S. to violent insurrection ... but it seems to be getting ...

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1 day ago by Greg Caggiano

Every once in a while, I will get a question or comment from someone in an email. More often than not, it is something insignificant, like asking advice or requesting information, things along those lines. But in the last week or so, I have gotten two emails that I think deserve to be read by all, b ...

From New York to San Francisco - gcaggiano.wordpress.com · 29 references

1 day ago by sharoncasemate

Kevin Dougherty, author of Strangling the Confederacy and The Campaigns for Vicksburg 1862-63 discusses the impact, strategies, and staying power of the Civil War 150 years later. 2012–2013 marks the sesquicentennial of many of the major battles of the Civil War. As a Civil War historian and history ...

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1 day ago by kb

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, and in honor of his birthday I am reposting a brief essay about four dreams he reportedly experienced while President: a visitation dream, a dream of parental concern, a prophecy of his assassination, and a series of dreams relating to military battles. ...

Dream Research & Education - kellybulkeley.com · 9 references