March 14 will air the first episode of HBO’s ten hour epic TV miniseries, The Pacific, a very expensive, graphic retelling of the US battles against the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II. Much of the ferocious fighting took place on countless islands such as Peleliu. Many of these campaigns are long forgotten.
Co-producers are Tom Hanks
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Two Military History Episodes to Celebrate George Washington’s Birthday
Washington’s Birthday should be commemorated as more than a retail bonanza.
The previous post for Friends of 1776 has tried to revise his birthday celebration as more serious, more patriotic, something more fitting for the occasion.
One suggestion was to award each year a military history literary prize. Washington was a general for much of his active life; he was our Supreme Commander during the Revolutionary War.
Here are two military stories that have produced good reading.
The previous post for Friends of 1776 has tried to revise his birthday celebration as more serious, more patriotic, something more fitting for the occasion.
One suggestion was to award each year a military history literary prize. Washington was a general for much of his active life; he was our Supreme Commander during the Revolutionary War.
Here are two military stories that have produced good reading.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Celebrating George Washington’s Birthday
On February 6, 2011, we will celebrate what would have been President Reagan’s 100th birthday (Los Angeles Times, February 6, 2010).
It’s going to be a big day.
For one thing, Reagan’s birthday will share the day with Super Bowl Sunday. Combining these two events will be a terrific challenge.
Many events are planned, from locations in Illinois where Reagan spent his adolescent years, to the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. I imagine his widow, Nancy, is heavily involved in the planning of events honoring her late husband.
Next week, we will again mark the birthday of our country’s most major political figure, George Washington, born February 22, 1732 (died 1799).
The history judging Reagan has yet to be written, but the verdict for Washington is in
It’s going to be a big day.
For one thing, Reagan’s birthday will share the day with Super Bowl Sunday. Combining these two events will be a terrific challenge.
Many events are planned, from locations in Illinois where Reagan spent his adolescent years, to the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. I imagine his widow, Nancy, is heavily involved in the planning of events honoring her late husband.
Next week, we will again mark the birthday of our country’s most major political figure, George Washington, born February 22, 1732 (died 1799).
The history judging Reagan has yet to be written, but the verdict for Washington is in
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Two Hundred Years of the State of the Union
Last Wednesday, January 27, 2010, President Obama delivered his first State of the Union address.
Traditionally, it is the message of the current President to the US Congress.
In the US Constitution, Article II, Section 3, under a rather scant paragraph “Duties of the President”, the President is directed to give Congress information on the state of the nation and what he considers measures that are just, expedient, even necessary. In other words, what he considers future policy. The frequency of this duty is vague.
But about 200 years later (George Washington delivered a State of the Union address),
Traditionally, it is the message of the current President to the US Congress.
In the US Constitution, Article II, Section 3, under a rather scant paragraph “Duties of the President”, the President is directed to give Congress information on the state of the nation and what he considers measures that are just, expedient, even necessary. In other words, what he considers future policy. The frequency of this duty is vague.
But about 200 years later (George Washington delivered a State of the Union address),
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