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Propaganda posters: J. C. Leyendecker’s Uncle Sam at bat
“Get in the Game with Uncle Sam” poster from World War I, by J. C. Leyendecker — image from National Museum of Play No matter how much the Texas State Board of Education wishes to run away from...
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Christy World War I poster to fetch more than $400 at auction
That’s a safe bet — the bid at the moment at Heritage Auctions is at $450. How much is it worth? Howard Chandler Christy poster from 1918, for the Third Liberty Loan to finance World War I - Heritage...
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Odd conjunction of history: January 21, Louis XVI and Vladimir I. Lenin
The Dallas Morning News and the Associated Press inform us that France’s King Louis XVI died on January 21, 1793. In 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir I. Lenin died on January 21. France's King...
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Propaganda posters: J. C. Leyendecker’s Uncle Sam at bat (fit for August)
“Get in the Game with Uncle Sam” poster from World War I, by J. C. Leyendecker in 1917 — image from National Museum of Play No matter how much the Texas State Board of Education wishes to run away from...
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January 18, 1919: Paris Peace Talks open, ending World War I
Coming just after World War I, stuck rather at the beginning of the end of the Progressive Era, the Paris Peace Conference that led to the Treaty of Versailles get shorted in most history books. The...
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January 21: Odd conjunction of history with Louis XVI and Vladimir I. Lenin
This is mostly an encore post. The Dallas Morning News and the Associated Press inform us that France’s King Louis XVI died on January 21, 1793. In 1924, Russian revolutionary Vladimir I. Lenin died...
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1914 — photo of Flag Days past, present, and yet to come
A guy speaking on Flag Day. Unremarkable, except, look at the year, look at the audience. Caption from the Library of Congress: Flag Day exercises, State, War, and Navy Building. Wilson speaking;...
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Unintentional bogus history: Archduke Ferdinand assassinated! British lead...
Santayana said it: Those who don’t remember history, yada, yada, yada. It almost turned Dada-esque over the weekend, when a Syrian television editor mistook a “history-as-it-happened” Twitter feed for...
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Today in history memory: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, July 28, 1914
101 years ago today. Let us remember, and never forget. According to the Associated Press, today is the anniversary of the declaration of war that really got World War I started: Austria declared war...
View ArticleVeterans Day 2018 – Fly your flag
We fly our flags today, November 11, to honor all veterans, an extension and morphing of Armistice Day, which marked the end of World War I. The Armistice took effect on the November 11, 1918. (In...
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