May 16, 1918 Congress expands the Espionage Act of 1917 with the Sedition Act of 1918. Offenses include the use of “disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language” about the federal government, the American flag or the armed forces or speech “that cause[s] others to view the American government or its institutions with contempt.” Such Senate stalwarts as Republicans [...]
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The sorry state of affairs in North Korea has been drilled home to me once again after skimming through an official state media account summing up the contributions of the late Dear Leader. I think liberating the Koreans imprisoned in their own country would a worthwhile conflict. The knuckleheads in the North Korean hierarchy need to [...]
Ferme de la Croix Rouge
Posted: November 22, 2011 in 168th Infantry, 42nd 'Rainbow' Division, DARLING, World War IVia Lonely Planet’s site, I discovered a blog by an American expat named Richard Nahem living in Paris. It’s called Eye Prefer Paris. Someone named Thirza Vallois attended the recent dedication of the Rainbow Division memorial near Fère-en-Tardenois and has written about it. According to Vallois, the monument is on the site of the La Croix Rouge Farm [...]
Americans in Winchester
Posted: November 18, 2011 in 168th Infantry, 42nd 'Rainbow' Division, DARLING, England, World War II thought that I had finally discovered some evidence of Americans in Winchester, England during the First World War. I knew sooner or later that I (or those intrepid Google computers) would find something. I posted messages to a variety of places — mailing lists and message boards — long ago but never received any [...]
YouTube de L’inauguration
Posted: November 15, 2011 in 168th Infantry, 42nd 'Rainbow' Division, News, World War IFrench is a beautiful, yet frustrating language. I took two terms of it at a community college in Oregon. By the grace of God and a teacher who really liked my effort, I received an A each time. I received a link in my inbox to a video of the pomp and circumstance regarding the dedication of the new World [...]
I am not talking about Ms. Hilton. I am writing about the city in a place called France. I’ve never actually been there. One of these days I plan on visiting and taking a suburban train to the battlefields and cemeteries not far away, including the one known as Aisne-Marne. A second Paris, complete with a Champs-Elysées [...]
The interior of the theater (or theatre) at Camp Mills certainly looked impressive. I doubt my great grand uncle saw any performances there. He shipped out from Camp Mills in November of 1917, when the camp was still very primitive. Camp Mills was located near Garden City, Long Island and about ten miles from New [...]
Leslie Warren Darling (1895-1918)
Posted: November 11, 2011 in 168th Infantry, 42nd 'Rainbow' Division, DARLING, Iowa, World War ILeslie W. Darling Private First Class #100884 Company E 168th Infantry of Iowa 42nd Rainbow Division Died in Field Hospital No. 117, July 30th. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Darling, Ogden, Iowa. Born at Chicago, Illinois, August 23, 1895. Private Darling was severely wounded at Foret de Fere, near Chateau Thierry, July 26th. [...]
Veterans Day started out as Armistice Day. It was a way to note the end of the Great War, known today as World War I, and honor those who had served. A shoe salesman from Emporia, Kansas named Alvin King thought Armistice Day was too limiting. He formed a committee, and in 1953 the town [...]
It is amazing to see such a scene, something seemingly out of the Old West, made up of American doughboy soldiers somewhere in France in 1918. The photo shows the reality of the war for the common man, how unprepared and antiquated the Americans and their equipment were. Mule drawn wagons? ajh
