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The Charge Of The Light Brigade

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Caryn

You may have heard of “the charge of the light brigade” and maybe even read the poem on that subject, but this was not a fictional event. The charge actually took place during the Crimean War. The war was fought … Continue reading →

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The Most Valuable Potato

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Caryn

Potatoes weren’t very popular in France at first. This changed when Antoine-Augustin Parmentier took matters into his own hands to promote the potato as a food source for humans in France. He’d surround his potato patch with guards during the … Continue reading →

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Twisted Rubber

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Caryn

Until I was listening to the story of the Wright Brothers again, I had never heard of Alphonse Pénaud. Born on May 31, 1850, Pénaud was a 19th-century French pioneer of aviation design and engineering. That seems odd, Continue reading →

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Scapa Flow Scuttle

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Caryn

After the November 11, 1918 German surrender in World War I, the German fleet was interned at Scapa Flow under the terms of the Armistice of 11, while negotiations took place over its fate. Continue reading →

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Six Days Too Late

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Caryn

When I think of war and of the largest offensive in United States history, I don’t picture a battle in World War I. Nevertheless, I should. The Meuse–Argonne offensive, which was also called the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive, Continue reading →

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They Just Sank

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Caryn

USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the United States Navy, and the sixth vessel, and second submarine, of the US Navy to carry that name. It was also the fourth nuclear powered submarine to mysteriously go missing in 1968. Continue reading →

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Pontiac’s Rebellion

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Caryn

The pilgrims were not the only people who did not like, or accept, British rule. When the French sold some of their territory to the British, the Indian tribes in these areas were not happy about the new regime. The French had more or less left them alone to do as they chose, Continue reading →

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Superior, In Our Hearts

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Caryn

The port city of my birth, Superior, Wisconsin was founded on November 6, 1854 and incorporated March 25 1889. The city’s slogan soon became, “Where Sail Meets Rail,” because it was port connection between the shipping industry and the railroad. Continue reading →

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The Queen Of Spies

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Caryn

Recently I read a novel that was based on a true story, called “The Alice Network,” by Kate Quinn. Knowing the book was a novel, I assumed that it was entirely fictional, but then I began to wonder, so I researched “The Alice Network” Continue reading →

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Face to Face

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Caryn

It was 1914, and World War I was in the 5th month of a 51 month offensive. The war effort was in a bit of a transition period, following the stalemate of the Race to the Sea and the indecisive … Continue reading →

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