Posts Tagged ‘ History ’

Copyright (c) 2008 Jackson Kern China recently demonstrated its willingness to brutally suppress stirrings of Tibetan sentiment. Angry protestors in Paris and elsewhere then seized the occasion of the Olympic torch’s passing to express their ire toward the hosts of this year’s Games. Some foreign dignitaries have acknowledged that they will not attend certain events,...
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Copyright (c) 2008 Jackson Kern China recently demonstrated its willingness to brutally suppress stirrings of Tibetan sentiment. Angry protestors in Paris and elsewhere then seized the occasion of the Olympic torch’s passing to express their ire toward the hosts of this year’s Games. Some foreign dignitaries have acknowledged that they will not attend certain events,...
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Button Badges were invented by a New Jersey company called Whitehead and Hoag in 1896.  The Button Badge was born but not exactly as we know the button badge today as button badges had a cloth front. It started with a patch that was sowed on to jackets, mostly used in the Military to...
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GPS or Global Positioning System is a fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System. This system uses an artificial constellation of 24 medium Earth orbit satellites. These satellites transmit microwave signals, thus enabling a GPS receiver to determine its location, speed, direction and time. This system was developed by United States Department of Defense and...
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Hi, my name is Paul Hussey and I was born in Portsmouth – England in 1961.The history of Portsmouth is entwined with the history of Her Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth which extends almost two thousand years. The time when the Romans first recognized its strategic significance and built the fort “Portus Adurni”, and now...
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Finding the roots of this name is not easy and we have to go through the literature through the path of Tanya or Tatiana, or even Tatyana. Tatiana is a feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, which is from the Roman name Tatius, which again is of unknown meaning. This was the name of...
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170,000 tours of duty. That’s how many tours of duty women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002. When people think of the Army, women are usually not the first thing that pops into their head. Women have been involved in war for many years. More than you possibly may realize. In fact...
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After the failed Young Irelanders Rebellion of 1848, many of the movement’s leaders made their way to New York. They sought to form an Irish Brigade to free Ireland from British control, they began to organise independent military companies in New York City. Their intention was to rally Irish migrants who were discontented with...
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The Victoria Cross is the highest gallenatry medal given to the British and Commonwealth Armed Forces. Mr. Charles Davis Lucas was the first recipient of the Victoria Cross in 1857. The bravery of the soldiers is second to non and it’s true what the Chinese call Britain “The Island of Hero’s” which I think...
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During Black History Month we salute all of our military men and women serving our country. On January 30, 2010, CNN conducted a live interview with General William E. Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, discussing his experiences as the only black four-star general currently serving in the U.S. military. “I look at it...
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