Denied admission to artillery officer candidate school because of his race, Waverly Woodson (photo, left), who died at age 83 in 2005, was trained to be a combat medic, given the rank of corporal, and landed with Omaha Beach’s third wave on D-Day. Woodson was wounded before getting ashore; a G[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Heroism’
On the Fourth of July 1852
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass 1852 What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? and am I, th[...]
Fifth Anniversary of the Third Massacre Of A Minister of Mother Emmanuel Church
The massacre of nine worshipers in Mother Emmanuel Church was nothing new for African Americans living in Charleston. even for free people this was a city of horrors. (Tell Me More About Back Then) In 1822, South Carolinians hanged the church’s founder and first minister, DENMARK V[...]
On Independence Day, an American Hero Announces His Independence
Today, I am declaring my independence and leaving the Republican Party. OPED in today’s Washington Post by Justin Amash When my dad was 16, America welcomed him as a Palestinian refugee. It wasn’t easy moving to a new country, but it was the greatest blessing of his life. Throughout my ch[...]
July 16th, 2018 - 1:53 pm § in Misc.
John McCain Calls Trump “disgraceful — “No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant. “
SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on President Trump’s meeting and press conference with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki: “Today’s press conf[...]
November 7th, 2017 - 12:04 pm § in America
Nov 7, 55th anniversary of death of Eleanor Roosevelt
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July 13th, 2016 - 1:16 am § in Misc.
DALLAS: Black Surgeon Explains Why Cops Lives AND Black Lives Matter
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June 21st, 2016 - 7:37 am § in Misc.
DAVID PRESTON: The Battle for Fallujah: Herosim of Iraquis
David Preston These guys have the courage of despair, like the Russkies at Stalingrad. You could say: Oh, they’re just fighting cuz they have to, that doesn’t take courage. –But it still does, you see, because these guys can’t call in airstrikes or get medivacked when they go d[...]
December 16th, 2015 - 11:16 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Paul Ryan Breaks the Rule of the MInority
RYAN SANTA BUDGET FULL OF GOODIES DEMS TO BE MAJORITY VOTES [...]