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Showing posts with label Guest Post. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

John Blackshoe Sends: Serendipity History – “History is written by the winner” Part 3

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Source The victors’ celebrations which continue 150 years after Custer’s defeat Remember, the Plains Indians were composed of many different...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

John Blackshoe Sends: Serendipity History – “History is written by the winner” Part 2

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The Custer Fight Charles Marion Russell (PD) Part 2 of 3 -  Our horrendous defeat which spoiled the 1876 Centennial celebration- Shocking Ne...
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Sunday, July 5, 2026

John Blackshoe Sends: Serendipity History – “History is written by the winner”* Part 1

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The Nation Makers Howard Pyle Author’s photo, Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA. 2025. Our 1876 Centennial Celebration; our horrendo...
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Sunday, August 31, 2025

John Blackshoe Sends: Serendipity History - West Point and Shrapnel (Part 2 of 2)

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Part 1 covered a WW1 era artillery shell marked “WEST POINT, KY/ 1918” which lead to looking at connections with West Point, etc. Okay, that...
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Saturday, August 30, 2025

John Blackshoe Sends: Serendipity History - Familiar Names, Strange Places … West Point, Fort Knox? (Part 1 of 2)

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“WEST POINT, KY / 1918 / 4 Point 7” marked on a fired 4.7 inch Shrapnel shell. Author’s photo. On May 12, 1962, General of the Army Douglas ...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

John Blackshoe Sends: Serendipity History – Elephants? A book report and some brief history...

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Big, beautiful beasts, they are. But, I knew almost nothing about them, even though my earliest childhood memory is when a circus came to to...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

John Blackshoe Sends: Serendipity History – Welcome Home to those who were Soldiers Once… And Young

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Source “Some had families waiting, for others their only family would be the men they bled beside, there were no bands, flags no honor guard...
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