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25 Jan 2021 5 minute read 0 comments LyonCoDad
Back in 2018 I was asked to assist the Caldwell County Genealogy Society during its annual "Ghost Walk". Now don't get all excited thinking this is a spooky type walk, it isn't. The way we do "Ghost Walks" is we pick out the stories of folks who are...
24 Jan 2021 4 minute read 17 comments Zirbo
In today's globalized world it can sometimes seem that everything is already explored. There are almost 8 billion people living on our planet, with most of us living in cities connected with each other through modern technology. But despite all these...
24 Jan 2021 2 minute read 0 comments LyonCoDad
Well, we had our Civil War Reenacting Unit Meeting this morning to try to outline plans for 2021. Covid has really hit the reenactor hobby/lifestyle hard! With all the social distancing, masks and everything being cancelled our ranks are getting thi...
23 Jan 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Thomas Mitchell
How many times have you heard a story of something that happened long ago? Exactly how long ago did the story take place? The world has become filled with partial truths, disinformation, and questions about almost everything. Is it so hard to believe...
22 Jan 2021 3 minute read 4 comments Zirbo
War, war never changes, but then again sometimes it does! When we think of war, we usually think of a violent conflict that lasts months or years, fought between two or more sides. Some wars have lasted decades or even over a century! But the Anglo-Z...
19 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Kristian Komu
Hello people! In this post I will tell you about the battle of Raate road. The battle was part of the war between Finland and the Soviet Union in 1939-1940. The war would be known as talvisota a.k.a winter war. The battle for the road was fought from...
18 Jan 2021 4 minute read 1 comment Zirbo
In the early hours of September 22nd 1979, something very strange happened in the waters of the South Indian Ocean, that has puzzled scientists ever since. An American satellite orbiting above known as Vela Hotel 6911 detected a bright double flash b...
17 Jan 2021 25 minute read 10 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Like Cyrus, Darius was not just a brilliant ruler, but an equally brilliant conqueror. Under his reign, the Achaemenid Persian Empire would reach its territorial height, with borders stretching from Greece and Libya in the West to Central Asia and In...
15 Jan 2021 3 minute read 13 comments Zirbo
The Concorde, the first supersonic passenger plane. It was cool, stylish, luxurious, and extremely fast! It was twice as fast as a modern day airliner, and it could cross the Atlantic Ocean in just three hours! The Tu-144 was the only other superson...
14 Jan 2021 5 minute read 7 comments Zirbo
Stockholm, Sweden, 2010 A small mystery had begun unfolding in the Swedish capital. People going out that evening were confused and scared, several cars across the city had lit up in flames, and nobody knew exactly why. The police soon arrived, but...
