An interesting follow-up post on the Canadian move last year to restore the "Royal" designations to its military branches:Turning the military clock back to its proper time: Now that a full year has passed since the federal government boldly returned the main branches of the armed forces to their pre-1968 designations – the Royal Canadian … Continue reading A victory for restoring/keeping military tradition
More Long Hunter Trivia
Another tidbit to add to the William Blevins Long Hunter legend, from the Historical Melungeons Blog:Tennessee History: When Virginia was partitioned in 1663, Tennessee became a western part of Carolina; thirty years later a further division left Tennessee within the jurisdiction of North Carolina. Ideas about the region remained vague well into the middle … Continue reading More Long Hunter Trivia
You’d Think …
A resounding hear, hear to David B. Appleton for this post on his blog: You'd Think ...: I mean, really, it's our national coat of arms, the arms of the United States of America. We've been using it for more than 200 years. And it's not a complex coat of arms, consisting as it does … Continue reading You’d Think …
Blog Commentary and Fair Use
You wouldn't be able to tell it from my utter lack of fashion sense, but I read a couple fashion blogs (manly fashion blogs, have you) and the post below stirred me to post on a topic that affects the way I pull a lot of content into my site: Friday Question: U Mad?: Senior … Continue reading Blog Commentary and Fair Use
Natural Law in the Nursery
I don't think I've ever seen a much simpler and more concise explanation:Natural Law in the Nursery:By Walter Olson“It’s my toy” = property law“You promised” = contract law“He hit me first” = criminal law“Daddy said I could” = constitutional law—Examples that the late Prof. Harold Berman of Harvard and Emory liked to invoke to show … Continue reading Natural Law in the Nursery
Finding America: University Discovers Lost Early Map of New World
An interesting piece of cartographical history: Finding America: University Discovers Lost Early Map of New World. German university researchers have rediscovered a 500-year-old map that had been mistakenly bound in a volume on geometry several hundred years ago. The map, by cartograther Martin Waldseemüller, is one of the first to include the term "America" in reference to the … Continue reading Finding America: University Discovers Lost Early Map of New World
The Clan System
An informative article from the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs:The Clan System:The clan system as we know it today was created over the course of a few years in the first quarter of the 19th century.The clan system as we know it today was created over the course of a few years in the first quarter … Continue reading The Clan System
