Did CCBR sell out?

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:11:00 GMT

Gents,
I have heard that the (CCBF) Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation sold out to the local stone quarry. They allegedly withdrew their support of a coalition against rezoning of about 630 acres of agricultural land which allowed local Pols to rezone the area and allow the strip mining. Some say they did it for eight acres to add to their parking lot for reenactments. Any other info, comments on this issue out there?

C.S. in Attic

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:32:36 GMT

2008 is the tenth anniversary of the publishing of Tony Horowitz's seminal work of American Civil War history "Confederates in the Attic." A book Preservation Magazine calls "A profound investigation not just of the American past but also of the American present."
What began as Hotowitz's exploration of his lifelong fascination with the Civil War and the phenomenon of Civil War Remembrance through reenacting and through reenactor's eyes ended up being...

China admits taking, burying US POW

feeds@yuku.com (Flhunter) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:04:59 GMT

By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer Fri Jun 20, 3:59 AM ET

WASHINGTON - After decades of denials, the Chinese have acknowledged burying an American prisoner of war in China, telling the U.S. that a teenage soldier captured in the Korean War died a week after he "became...

Annoyed!

feeds@yuku.com (zimzim65) — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:44:16 GMT

My reenactment group was to get a deal by ordering 5 repro muskets. I'm one of the 4 who sent $ and am looking forward to the good price we were to get. Someone backed out and now we might not get the good price. I guess there are bigger problems in life.

WHY-DO- FINNISH

feeds@yuku.com (jmatchlock) — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:01:42 GMT

In a nutshell, Finland fought three wars during the 1939 to 1945 time period.

The first was when Russia attacked in November 1939 and lasted until March 1940 when a ceasfire was declared. Finland had fought the Soviet Union to a standstill. A negoiated agreement allowed the Soviets to take about 10% of Finland territory. These battles...

New York Bill

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:44:38 GMT

Gents,
Michael Gianaris, D-Queens has introdcuced Bill AO9543 aimed at keeping muzzleloaders out of the hands of felons, but which will also require licensing for all muzzleloaders and antique firearms. The Bill defines an antique as "any muzzleloaing pistol or revolver with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system, (or a pistol or revolver which used fixed cartridges that are no longer available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade). If...

Winchester Indian Myth

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:16:01 GMT

Gents,
We have all seen the image: Mounted warrior with an immense feathered headdress and breastplate brandishing his Winchester to the heavens. But how accurate is this image historically.
In the late 1870s an Odnance Board conducted a study at the National Armory of captured Sioux and Cheyenne firearms collected during and after the Great Sioux War. Of the 410 weapons 284 were long arms. Of these 56% were single shot muzzleloaders and only 16 were Henry or Winchester...

Christmas Greetings

feeds@yuku.com (GrantR Canada) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:28:07 GMT

It's that time of yearwww.kerman94.com/tunnelharry.html

Airshows

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:33:29 GMT

Gents,
For anyone interested in World War One aircraft, vehicles and even a tank check out www.oldrhinebeck.org for more information on an airfield in New York State.
Ed

Confederate Reenactors

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:26:04 GMT

Gents,
Is Confederate reenacting being hi-jacked by SCV, LoS and CCC members with a "Sothron" agenda? Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, Council of Conservative Citizens. I've been reading more and more about this disturbing issue lately.
Ed

WWII Navajo code talkers welcome recognition

feeds@yuku.com (Flhunter) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:52:53 GMT

WINDOW ROCK, Arizona (Reuters) - Before Keith Little went off to war, speaking Navajo had only ever got him into trouble at school.

By the time he came home in 1945, it had proved decisive in winning the brutal campaign for the Pacific and earned him a niche in history.

Navajo code talkers have already been the subject of a Hollywood film and received congressional medals for their wartime service. Now, surviving members of the crack communications team are to be featured on a...

The Great Escape on Nova

feeds@yuku.com (AlleyOop007) — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:00:43 GMT

I just watched a story on PBS Nova about battlefied archeologists investigating the site of the POW camp where the basis for the story and movie "The Great Escape" took place.

They were actually able to locate the remains of one of the three tunnels that the POWs dug during their escape preparations and they also found artifacts that were associated with the tunnelling and preparation of false documents - a nazi eagle and swastika rubber stamp made by a POW out of a rubber...

Polish girl's Holocaust diary unveiled

feeds@yuku.com (Flhunter) — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:16:14 GMT

By ARON HELLER, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jun 4, 7:01 PM ET

JERUSALEM - The diary of a 14-year-old Jewish girl dubbed the "Polish Anne Frank" was unveiled on Monday, chronicling the horrors she witnessed in a Jewish ghetto at one point watching a Nazi soldier tear a Jewish baby away from his mother and kill him with his bare hands.

The diary, written by Rutka Laskier in 1943 shortly before she was deported to Auschwitz, was released by Israel's...

World War II Quiz

feeds@yuku.com (Flhunter) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:51:22 GMT

World War II was the defining event of the 20th century, and certainly one of the most destructive wars of all time. Try your hand at this World War II quiz and see if you know the basics about this critical period in world history.

encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/elementary/?page=Quiz76&Quizid=76>1=9951September 1941 "Air News" magazine my dad kept.

It well demonstrates the state of woeful ignorance in which we reposed those last fateful months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The author does draw some accurate long range conclusions, but his arrogance in viewing them in a 3rd world power was sadly misplaced and there is...

Sharpsburg (Antietam) battlefield pics

feeds@yuku.com (nothernug) — Sun, 06 May 2007 13:35:16 GMT

A recent thread on another forum prompted me to root in the photo cellar. I figured since I had them all uploaded and sorted out, they might be of interest here too.

So here's some pics from the Sharpsburg (Antietam to you yankees ) battlefield in 1987 when I was nearby for the 125th anniversary reenactment.

sporterizing

feeds@yuku.com (TexasEd62) — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:16:03 GMT

Gents,
Just read this great curio&relic related quote in the latest "American Rifleman":
"..."sporterizing" is the actof taking a $500 rifle, spending $300 on it, and turning it into a $200 rifle."
The rifle in question was is an excellant condition, mil-issue, Springfiled M1903A3! With so many excellant...

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