Living in Virginia: The Ratline
As students (Rats) enter Virginia Military Institute (VMI) -- the nation's first state-supported military college -- they must adjust to the physical and psychological challenges designed to test their stamina, courage, and resolve.
Kansas City historian displays antique flags
A Kansas City attorney and historian has a collection of flags for Flag Day.
Newmarket Civil war Museum dated 16 3 2015
New Market Civil War museum Bushong farm and farmstead investigation pictures taken
by David Flash DH FSPI dated 16.3.2015
Music by Guns N' Roses - Civil War
The Battle of New Market
May 15, 1864
In conjunction with his Spring offensive, Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel to move up the Shenandoah Valley along the Valley Pike with 10,000 men to destroy the railroad and canal complex at Lynchburg. At New Market on the 15th, Sigel was attacked by a makeshift Confederate army of about 4,100 men commanded by Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge. At a crucial point, a key Union battery was withdrawn from the line to replenish its ammunition, leaving a weakness that Breckinridge was quick to exploit. He ordered his entire force forward, and Sigel’s stubborn defense collapsed. Threatened by the Confederate cavalry on his left flank and rear, Sigel ordered a general withdrawal burning the North Fork bridge behind him. Sigel retreated down the Valley to Strasburg and was soon replaced by Maj. Gen. David Hunter.
ATHS SoCal Antique Truck Show 2018 - Leaving
The best part of any show is watching the vehicles drive in or leave the show grounds. The SoCal ATHS Truck Show at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California is definitely no different, and it's always great to hear and see these trucks move!
Highlights:
1:44 - 1928 Ford Model AA
1:53 - 1962 Peterbilt 351
2:10 - Moving the 1912 Commercial Electric Truck
3:27 - 1979 GMC Fire Truck
6:41 - 1971 International 40701A
8:20 - 1953 Peterbilt 350
10:25 - 1938 International Pickup Truck
10:57 - 1981 Peterbilt 352
11:57 - 1940 Autocar COE
13:25 - 1977 Peterbilt 252
14:30 - Loading up the 1912 Commercial Electric Truck onto 1941 GM Futurliner
15:40 - ATHS SoCal President's 1957 Mack B-75
17:15 - 1979 Peterbilt 359 and 1948 Ford COE
18:46 - 1953 Fageol Twin Coach
19:47 - 1937 Ford Car Hauler
20:12 - Loading up the 1912 Commercial Electric Truck onto 1941 GM Futurliner
23:55 - 1956 Powell
24:14 - Convoy of military trucks
24:40 - 1949 Diamond T 201 Pickup Truck (Mark Christensen)
24:49 - Loading up ATHS SoCal President's 1948 GMC ACR-725
25:30 and 27:50- Dalton Trucking (Terry Klenske and family)
29:06 - 1961 International R-220 Tow Truck and 1963 White Freightliner COE
30:00 - 1992 Kenworth K100
31:20 - Peterlocos and Peterbilt with a train horn
32:34 - ATHS SoCal President's trucks
32:43 - Peterbilt hauling a 1955 Ford COE (LA Department of Water and Power Truck)
33:45 and 34:56 - Peterbilt
35:11 - 1920 White 45
35:27 - 1941 GM Futurliner!
Old Guard 'Full Honors' Rehearsal At Arlington
The U.S. Army 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment “The Old Guard” Caisson Platoon rehearses a full honors military funeral at the Arlington National Cemetery new Millennium site.
Note ... The six horses which pull the caisson through the quiet lanes of Arlington National Cemetery are matched gray or black. They are paired into three teams – the lead team is in front, the swing team follows, and nearest the caisson is the wheel team. Although all six animals are saddled, only those on the left have mounted riders. This is a tradition which began in the early horse-drawn artillery days when one horse of each team was mounted while the other carried provisions and feed.
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by Spc. Roderick Evans
3d U.S. Infantry Regiment “The Old Guard”
September 2018
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Kentucky's State Capitol | Legislative Update Extras | KET
Learn the history of the Kentucky Capitol, from how the site in south Frankfort was selected, to funding of the building, the construction materials used, and the famous Kentuckians honored in the the Rotunda.
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Born of Rebellion opens at the Morgantown History Museum
Born of Rebellion, an exhibit focusing on how West Virginia became a state, opened at the the Morgantown History Museum and will be open to the public through September.
William Harris, ca. 1751-1848, Revolutionary War guard for Gen. George Washington, gravesite
5/3/15
near Big Elkin Creek
Elkin, NC
Video by and with Stephen Harris
Post-War Shenandoah Valley Virginia (Lecture)
The aftermath of the Civil War brought many challenges to the residents of the Shenandoah Valley. In the fall of 1864, the war-torn region had been destroyed by Union General Phil Sheridan’s Blue-Coats during “the Burning,” and in the post-war period, the Valley’s residents not only had to deal with the economic recovery of their formerly-named “Breadbasket,” but also the political changes facing the nation. Park Ranger Shannon Moeck discusses how all the Valley’s civilians, including former slaves and Confederate veterans, adjusted and adapted to their new environment, then, while remembering their past, went about rebuilding their lives during this uncertain time.
Cardome Center
Welcome to the Cardome Center in Georgetown, Kentucky, one of the oldest and most historic properties in Scott County.
The word Cardome comes from the Latin Cara Domas, meaning dear home.
The first man to set foot on this property was Colonel John Floyd in June of 1774. For his military service he was granted by the State of Virginia a total of 1000 acres, which included the Cardome property.
By the early 1800s the property had come into the possession of one of Kentucky's most prominent families, the Bradfords, who built the first structure on the property in 1821. The property then came into the possession of James F. Robinson, who was the Kentucky Federal Governor during the American Civil War. He built an elegant mansion in what would have been the center of the current buildings but, unfortunately, the mansion burned down in 1986.
The Robinson heirs sold the property to the Sisters of Visitation, an order of cloistered nuns, in 1896. Here they founded an academy for girls that became one of the most prestigious schools of its type in Kentucky. Due to a variety of circumstances, though, enrollment began to decline and the academy was forced to close in 1969. When the visitation community disbanded in 1987, the property was sold to Community Building Inc., a non-profit organization formed to administer a million dollar gift from Toyota for the purpose of establishing a community center for the people of Georgetown.
Until July of 2009, the city ran Cardome and continued their work for the community. However, a new non-profit called Cardome Academy Association, Inc., has now taken over the property and is beginning a unique project that looks to benefit Georgetown in a different way. Plans to open the Museum of the Written Word are already in motion and it is the long-term goal of CAA to create the Center for the Written Word at Cardome, an extensive literary community devoted to the exploration and comprehension of language and text. Such a Center would also include an outdoor theater, an on-site press, and a bed and breakfast. Please view the project's website (listed below) and please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or comments.
Thank you for your interest in Cardome, and welcome to Georgetown!
cardomecenter.com
Old Guard Caisson Prep
Every morning starting at 0430, members of the Caisson Platoon on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall get prepared for the day. The process takes over 3 hours to get done but reflects in the honorable mission of laying those who served to rest. They perform over 1700 full honors funerals a year and are the last full time equestrian mounted unit in the Department of Defense.
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Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps | Wikipedia audio article
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Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps
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Presidents of the United States have frequently appeared on U.S. postage stamps since the mid–1800s. The United States Post Office released its first two postage stamps in 1847, featuring George Washington on one, and Benjamin Franklin on the other . The advent of presidents on postage stamps has been definitive to U.S. postage stamp design since the first issues were released and set the precedent that U.S. stamp designs would follow for many generations.
The paper postage stamp itself was born of utility (in England, 1840), as something simple and easy to use was needed to confirm that postage had been paid for an item of mail. People could purchase several stamps at one time and no longer had to make a special trip to pay for postage each time an item was mailed. The postage stamp design was usually printed from a fine engraving and were almost impossible to forge adequately. This is where the appearance of presidents on stamps was introduced. Moreover, the subject theme of a president, along with the honors associated with it, is what began to define the stamp issues in ways that took it beyond the physical postage stamp itself and is why people began to collect them. There exist entire series of stamp issues whose printing was inspired by the subject alone.
The portrayals of Washington and Franklin on U.S. postage are among the most definitive of examples and have appeared on numerous postage stamps. The presidential theme in stamp designs would continue as the decades passed, each period issuing stamps with variations of the same basic presidential-portrait design theme. The portrayals of U.S. presidents on U.S. postage has remained a significant subject and design theme on definitive postage throughout most of U.S. stamp issuance history.Engraved portrayals of U.S. presidents were the only designs found on U.S. postage from 1847 until 1869, with the one exception of Benjamin Franklin, whose historical stature was comparable to that of a president, although his appearance was also an acknowledgement of his role as the first U. S. Postmaster General. During this period, the U.S. Post Office issued various postage stamps bearing the depictions of George Washington foremost, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln, the last of whom first appeared in 1866, one year after his death. After twenty-two years of issuing stamps with only presidents and Franklin, the Post Office in 1869 issued a series of eleven postage stamps that were generally regarded by the American public as being abruptly different from the previous issues and whose designs were considered at the time to be a break from the tradition of honoring American forefathers on the nation's postage stamps. These new issues had other nonpresidential subjects and a design style that was also different, one issue bearing a horse, another a locomotive, while others were depicted with nonpresidential themes. Washington and Lincoln were to be found only once in this series of eleven stamps, which some considered to be below par in design and image quality. As a result, this pictographic series was met with general disdain and proved so unpopular that the issues were consequently sold for only one year where remaining stocks were pulled from post offices across the United States.In 1870 the Post Office resumed its tradition of printing postage stamps with the portraits of American Presidents and Franklin but now added several other famous Americans, including Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Alexander Hamilton and General Winfield Scott among other notable Americans. Indeed, the balance had now shifted somewhat; of the ten stamps issued in 1870, only four offered presidential images. Moreover, presidents also appeared on less than half of the denominations in the definitive sets of 1890, 1917, 1954 and 1965, while occupying only a slight major ...
The 52nd Annual City of Fairfax Independence Day Parade
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ROBERT E. LEE - WikiVidi Documentary
Robert Edward Lee was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a top army commander of the Confederate States of America. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. A son of Revolutionary War officer Henry Light Horse Harry Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. When Virginia declared its secession from the Union in April 1861, Lee chose to follow his home state, despite his desire for the country to remain intact and an offer of a senior Union command. During the first year of the Civil War, Lee served as a senior military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Once he took command of the main field ...
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00:54:21: Summaries of Lee's Civil War battles
00:54:34: Postbellum life
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Sleep Inn & Suites At Fort Lee - Riverdale Hotels, Virginia
Sleep Inn & Suites At Fort Lee 3 Stars Hotel in Riverdale, Virginia Within US Travel DirectoryThe Sleep Inn & Suites hotel is minutes from Fort Lee Virginia military facility.
This Prince George, VA hotel provides easy access to several local points of interest, including Civil War landmarks like Petersburg National Battlefield and Five Forks Battlefield.
All guest rooms have microwaves, refrigerators, flat-screen elevisions, coffee makers, curved shower rods, hair dryers, desks, voice mail, irons, ironing boards, safes and cable television.
Select rooms have kitchen facilities and sofa sleepers.
Handicap accessible and non-smoking rooms can be requested.
Laundry facilities are located on the property.
On-site free parking is available and can accommodate most cars, trucks and buses.
Hotel amenities include: Free Morning Medley Hot Breakfast; Free wireless high-speed Internet access; Free USA Today; Free local calls; Free coffee.
The on-site business center provides guests with conveniences like a computer with Internet access, and copy and fax services.
There is a banquet/meeting room on the premises that can accommodate up to 56 people for most business or social functions.
After a busy day of sightseeing, guests of this Prince George, VA hotel can relax by the indoor heated pool and hot tub, or unwind in the exercise room.
Additional attractions include: U.
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Army Women's Museum; Virginia State University; National Museum of the Civil War Soldier; Virginia Motorsports Park; Richard Bland CollegeThe surrounding area offers a number of entertainment venues, outdoor recreation areas and golf courses.
A number of shopping malls, specialty stores and antique shops are in the vicinity.
Several restaurants and cocktail lounges can be found close by.
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Rick Atkinson author of The British Are Coming at Mount Vernon
Lecture Three: The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson
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Old & New British Army Regiment Postcards
presents six postcards showing you various old and new British army regiments
CWRT FEB 2019:Robert I. Girardi: Gouverner K. Warren's Last Battle
Robert I. Girardi: Gouverner K. Warren's Last Battle
Gouverneur K. Warren is remembered as the Savior of Little Round Top. He was highly regarded for his education and competence, but also accused of being too cautious by the generals who removed him from command. His record belies this, however. But Warren has suffered in the history book because of the long reach of his enemies. Here, the facts are reevaluated with some unpleasant revelations.
Robert I. Girardi has had a lifelong fascination with the Civil War. He has studied all aspects of the war, and has tramped over many of the battlefields and related sites. He has collected artifacts and memorabilia and has read through thousands of documents, letters, and diaries written by participants, thereby developing an understanding of the important issues of the war and a sense of what the soldiers experienced.
Robert Girardi earned his M.A. in Public History at Loyola University of Chicago in 1991. He is a past president of the Civil War Round Table of Chicago and a past vice president and newsletter editor of the Salt Creek Civil War Round Table. He belongs to two other Civil War round tables in the Chicago area. He is a fellow of the Company of Military Historians and is an associate member of the Sons of Union Veterans. He is on the editorial review board of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society and was the guest editor of the 2011-2014 Civil War Sesquicentennial issues. He was the winner of the 2010 Chicago Civil War Round Table's prestigious Nevins-Freeman Award. In 2012 he was named to the board of directors of the Illinois State Historical Society, and sat on the board of directors of the Camp Douglas Restoration Society 2013-2018. In 2014 he was awarded the Milwaukee Civil War Round Table's Iron Brigade Association Award for Civil War scholarship. He was an extra in the movie, Andersonville.
Flag Day Event 2015
Moland House Historic Park held a Flag Day event on June 14, 2015. As part of the event there was a presentation about flags from the pre-Revolutionary War period through the Civil War.