I wrote the following about six years ago. I thought it was time for a repost. THE MASTER RACE Adolph Hitler and his followers espoused the theory of a master race. The Nazi Party proclaimed that persons of supposed Nordic or Aryan descent appear most frequently among Germans and other northern European peoples and are […]
This past Saturday we paused for a moment to remember D-Day. We should never forget. Several years ago I wrote the following articles on D-Day. Here I repeat. 1944 D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE Two days ago we marked the anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of Nazi-held western Europe. The Germans knew that an invasion was […]
I recently gave a talk to residents of my retirement village about my family in the Civil War. Readers of this blog should already be familiar with much of the story, but this is a more complete version. This was my talk. Good morning. My name is Edwin Saunders Jordan. I go by the nickname […]
The Charlestown Retiement Community, which is now my home, has a number of clubs and activities. One of these is the Civil War Roundtable. Sometime in the near future I hope to give a brief presentation to the group telling them about my own family’s Civil War experiences. Much of the information I present here […]
I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop in Iran. That will be when the Iranian people rise up and overthrow the brutal regime that has held them captive for the last 47 years. I do not know that it will actually happen. I can only hope it does. The popular demonstrations that took […]
Why does Trump arouse such an intense degree of hatred among his political opponents? In prior years, though I may have disagreed with their politics, I considered most of these present-day Trump haters to be honorable persons. There were exceptions, of course. A few of them were nothing more than corrupt politicians who deceived their […]
It was recently announced that the rotted remains of the Spanish pirate ship Fortuna had been found along the shore of the Cape Fear River not far from Wilmington, North Carolina. I told the story of the Fortuna several years ago. Here’s a repeat: Interesting bits of history are often discovered in unusual places. In […]
In their war against traditional societal norms, leftist progressives sometimes elevate deeply flawed persons to near iconic status while villifying their perceived oppressors. Nowhere is this illustrated more clearly than in the case of George Floyd. Floyd was not an evil man, yet he was seriously flawed. Reading a brief biography, it appears that he […]
About two weeks ago President Trump announced a temporary federal takeover of the police department in Washington, DC. He also stated his plan to clean up the city, remove homeless encampments, etc. Since Washington is a federal city, Trump is authorized to do this. However, his time for action is limited unless Congress votes an […]
THE WORLD IN FLAMES 1940-1945 With the fall of France in June 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. The British army was in a state of total disarray. It was never very large, and it had lost almost all its equipment during the evacuation from Dunkirk. The imminent threat of invasion loomed over […]
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