“After the tour, a Christian and a Jew and an agnostic were standing around talking about how amazing [the tour] was. I think it’s great that something like this can transcend all religious bounds and be a treasure to everyone,” said Staff Sgt. Jacob Hanson, 1st Sustainment Brigade liaison team non-commissioned officer.

Eventually the borders of COB Adder will pull back, allowing the Iraq ministry of tourism to assume control of the Ziggurat and the surrounding archeological area. This step will be one of many moving the Iraqi government closer to self sustainment.

In the meantime, servicemembers of COB Adder keep many of Iraq’s national treasures safe within their border. The site remains sacred to Jews, Muslims and Christians, alike.

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Saratoga Springs, New York: The battle in which Benedict Arnold saved the United States.
Coloma, California: The site of the discovery of gold in California.
Titusville, Pennsylvania: Oil, black gold, Texas tea. First commercial oil well.
Auburn, Massachusetts: The flight of the first liquid fueled rocket.
Ticonderoga, New York: The capture of this fort and the movement of its [...]

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This is the first in a series about America. Each post will be a list of ten, people, places, events, and with their effect on America and the world today. Folks my age may know about most of them. I’m not so sure about the youngins.
Today I would like to honor ten Americans who changed [...]

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At 12:40 om EST on December 7, 1941, the first wave of Japanese planes began their attack on the United States, at Pearl Harbor Hawaii.

The first Japanese plane shot down during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Dec. 7, 1941: 2nd Lt. Wells Lawrence and his July bride [...]

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A Brief Summation of the History of Current and Projected Conflicts in the World
Part One
EUROPE:
Old Europe, or Western Europe doesn’t have much going on right now. Perhaps it’s worn itself out. I dunno. Two problems present themselves.
The first is the Basque separatist movement in Spain. The Basques are a people with a language distinct from [...]

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John Donovan reminds me that this is the anniversary of a momentous day in American history.
Commandancy of the Alamo
Bexar, Fby. 24th, 1836
To the People of Texas & all Americans in the world
Fellow Citizens & Compatriots I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment [...]

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“We came up to a 15-foot-high barbed wire fence and could see unmanned wooden shacks (barracks) behind it,” recalls Timmer. “We drove in and between the gate and the barracks were 30 dead … the blood still wet from the departing German guards” who had shot the prisoners before fleeing in trucks.

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The Stockstad farm, Milnor, North Dakota, about 1906. I like the decorations around the door to the roof, and the “Tom Sawyer” hats that the boys are wearing. The lovely wife’s father is the babe in arms.

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Here is the Milnor, North Dakota, Northern Pacific station.

As best my mother-in-law can recall, this picture dates from the late 1940’s or early fifties. Something about the grain elevator, over on the right.
As a little girl of six or seven, the lovely wife would take the train west, to Gwinner, to visit her maternal grandmother. [...]

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I’ve posted a number of photos from before 1940 in North Dakota as a web page, Days of Yore. Here’s one more:

Left to right: Andrew Miller, Jens Olstad, Anders P. Stockstad
These are the town fathers of Milnor, North Dakota. If you ever wondered what the term meant, it’s these guys.
They came to North Dakota in [...]

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I’ve collected all of the old photos from North Dakota onto one page:
Days of Yore.
Go and have a look.

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