True or False: Boston was the only city to stage a “tea party” protest in the years before the American Revolution. False! Charleston had one, too! And the South Carolina “party” happened first! If you don’t know that, you should certainly come to the 2024 Revolutionary War Day on Saturday,... read more →

Alston Gore flew helicopters in Vietnam as a young Army first lieutenant. He arrived in-country in September 1970 to support the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). After five months, the 1st Cav went home, but Gore and the other pilots stayed to support the South Vietnamese troops taking over the job.... read more →

George Orwell wrote, “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Mike Burgess knows Orwell was right. Mike is a history teacher, caught between today’s left and right in their efforts to seize control of the future. He wrote, in a recent edition of... read more →

One day in November 1967, U.S. Army Chaplain Charles J. Watters’ unit was involved in heavy combat with the enemy in the vicinity of Đắk Tô, South Vietnam. Among many brave things he did that day, he personally helped two dozen wounded men off the battlefield. Seriously wounded himself, he... read more →

The movies notwithstanding, intelligence work has little to do with drinking shaken martinis while wearing a designer tuxedo. In the real world, in wartime, it’s about things like sweating in a hostile field in fatigues, monitoring radio signals to gather intelligence. Hagell as a newly-minted lieutenant,... read more →

Robert L. Braddock likes to talk to people – from schoolchildren to adults – about his service in Vietnam. He wasn’t traumatized by his war experience, although he lost 40 percent of his hearing. In his talks, he has no grand political points to make, beyond being proud to have... read more →

On Christmas Day 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware to deliver a shock to the Hessian mercenaries in British service, giving a big shot in the arm to American chances to gain the independence so recently declared. Toward the end of 1944, there was a lot of loose talk among... read more →