Two hundred and forty-six years young today! You don’t look a day over two hundred! Wow, it’s been a wild ride, hasn’t it? You started off by declaring your independence from the world’s most powerful empire. It took eight years of blood, sweat and tears but you finally won. You drove out the mighty British Empire – no mean feat even if they were distracted with things they thought more important like war with France. Eleven years under the Articles … Continue reading “Happy Birthday, America!”
A Day of Infamy
Only a few are left now who were alive that fateful day 80 years ago. Maybe that’s why we seem to have forgotten the lessons of that time – it certainly isn’t because they didn’t tell us. Tom Brokaw called them ‘the greatest generation’ and they have full right to that title. The US wanted no real part of the war. Sure, we aided Britain and embargoed Japan – but Americans had no stomach for sending their boys to fight … Continue reading “A Day of Infamy”