By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. These words by Ralph Waldo Emerson were part of a hymn sung July 4, 1837, at completion of the “Battle Monument” at Concord, Mass. They have significance… Continue reading ‘Shot Heard Round the World’
Category: War
The Custer Legend Still Lives
We are the pride of the Army And a regiment of great renown… Thus began “Garry Own,” regimental battle song of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry, the outfit of Brevet Maj. Gen. George A. Custer in the post-Civil War campaign against the Indians. And the chorus: In the Fighting Seventh’s the place for me, It’s the… Continue reading The Custer Legend Still Lives
Another Look at Custer: Was It Battle or Suicide?
We are the pride of the Army And a regiment of great renown… Thus began “Garry Own,” regimental battle song of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry, the outfit of Brevet Maj. Gen. George A. Custer in the post-Civil War campaign against the Indians. And the chorus: In the Fighting Seventh’s the place for me, It’s the… Continue reading Another Look at Custer: Was It Battle or Suicide?
Free World Supporting Afghans
The Reagan Administration has pledged to exercize “even-handedly” cases among countries of the world, including U. S. lies as well as the Soviet e. It spelled out the policy in an annual report, required by Congress, on global human rights conditions. Abuses cited by the report included (1) an increase in torture and killings in Central America by guerrillas,… Continue reading Free World Supporting Afghans
U.S. officials note growth of Cuban-backed violence
A warning by two United States officials of the activities of Soviet-backed Cuba in supporting violence and insurgencies in the Caribbean and Latin America should not go unheeded. Addressing the Subcommittee on western Hemisphere Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Mid December, Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders said Cuba is most active in… Continue reading U.S. officials note growth of Cuban-backed violence
‘D-Day’ Occurred 36 Years Ago
By N. LA VERL CHRISTENSEN Scripps League Newspapers “The greatest amphibious assault of all time.” That was the term used in news dispatches June 6, 1944 to describe the ”D-Day” allied invasion of Normandy in France, possibly the most decisive stepping stone to the European victory in world war II. Everyone knew the allies were… Continue reading ‘D-Day’ Occurred 36 Years Ago
Provo Settlers Once Started to Build Walled Enclosure For Protection Against Indians
Did you know that the pioneer settlers of Provo once started to build a 12-foot mud wall around a section of the city for protection against the Indians? The walling project – never completed – began in the spring of 1854 during intermittent Indian troubles associated with the “Walker War,” named for a hostile Ute… Continue reading Provo Settlers Once Started to Build Walled Enclosure For Protection Against Indians
Canal Vote in Retrospect
It didn’t seem to matter that an obvious majority of Americans opposed the Panama Canal giveaway. (Mail to Washington was overwhelmingly against the treaties). The Senate proceeded anyway to vote 68-32, barely the two-thirds majority required, to ratify the proposal to transfer the canal to Panama in the year 2000. It didn’t seem to matter… Continue reading Canal Vote in Retrospect
Public Clamor Pays Off
Public opinion still carries a lot of weight in this country – and the action of Congress and President Ford in ordering the observance of Veterans Day shifted back to Nov. 11 is a good example. In 1968 Congress made a number of holiday shifts in order to create more Monday holidays and “long holiday… Continue reading Public Clamor Pays Off
Tribute to ‘Lone Eagle’
It is almost impossible for a generation that takes the time – and distance – annihilating jet and even space flight for granted to appreciate the tremendous excitement with which the world heard the news on May 21, 1927 that one man in a small, single-engine airplane had flown across the Atlantic Ocean. The only thing… Continue reading Tribute to ‘Lone Eagle’