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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
Solar Eclipse 2017 - Headed from Oregon Territory to St. Joe, Missouri
2017-06-13 13:20
St. Joseph was one of the "jumping-off" points for settlers headed for the Oregon Territory - which is where the eclipse path heads, with a slight difference, that the eclipse path travels from Oregon...
Anne: The Next Generation - L. M. Montgomery Describes World War 1
2017-06-10 13:11
"It has always been one of humanity's favourite dreams - the dream of flying. Dream after dream comes true - or rather is made true by persevering effort. I should like to have a flight in an aeroplan...
Six Non-Combat Ways to Die in WW1 Aviation
2017-06-08 12:59
"It takes some time to fall three miles even at the top speed of a 220-hp engine. The dive kept the blaze away from him, but a backward glance informed Sumner that the fire was eating up the entire le...
Scheherazade Ballet Image - Arabian Nights
2017-06-05 12:46
Picture the perfumes of Arabia, fragrant odors of musk and ambergris, gardens of a hundred different delights, rare and radiant damsels, trees laden with jewel-fruits, magic lamps, birds singing glori...
How History Got Onto Shirts, and Off Shirts Onto Prints
2017-06-03 12:21
Museums are among Ewan's favorite places to be, and he saw that a lot of small museums had gift shops that couldn't afford items unique to their own museum.
Ski Train from Denver to Winter Park
2017-05-27 12:13
The Ski Train saved skiers from traffic jams in the mountains (and saved the rest of the traffic from those additional cars). Instead, passengers could sit and watch the scenery go by, scenery that co...
