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Experiencing history versus studying it
We often conceptualize history as a linear sequence of ordered events which have finite beginnings and endings. These events are enacted by famous…
Justin Teerlinck
May 28
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For whom the bell tolls...
July 28th, 1917 Diary of Major Horace S. Browntrout I was in Steenvoorde with Stanley today when we heard the church bells tolling and saw a Belgian…
Justin Teerlinck
May 17
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Rise and fall of the bigfeet men
Rise and Fall of the Bigfeet Men, by Pfc Andrew Davis In Flemish soil, there and then Lay down a legion of bigfeet men This ground their bones do…
Justin Teerlinck
May 2
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Crushed beneath iron boots
2nd Olympian Saysquack lost
Justin Teerlinck
Apr 23
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You are authorized to use the Titan-Giganten
July 24th, 1917 Communiqué from Crown Prince Wilhelm to Generalleutnaut Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf, Commander of X Corps You are authorized to…
Justin Teerlinck
Apr 16
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The price of disobeying orders
July 24th, 1917 Diary of Theodore Roosevelt I had to pull some strings to get pen and paper in here, but my name still carries weight, even with the…
Justin Teerlinck
Apr 10
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The smoking mustache
July 23rd, 1917 Letter from Edith Roosevelt to “Rodney Forsythe” a.k.a. Theodore Roosevelt Theodore you quit this nonsense at once! I had to accept a…
Justin Teerlinck
Apr 2
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Being dead is bully!
July 22nd, 1917 Letter from Major Horace S. Browntrout to Edith Roosevelt Dear Mrs. Roosevelt, Words cannot begin to convey the sense of tragedy and…
Justin Teerlinck
Mar 26
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Your rough ride is over
July 21st, 1917 Transcript of the famous “Your Rough Ride is Over” speech given by President Woodrow Wilson at the Lincoln Memorial during the…
Justin Teerlinck
Mar 20
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"The lion is dead."
July 20th, 1917 Military Cable from Forward Operating Post 19 to Gen Douglas Haig CHARLIE SECTOR DEVASTATED IN ARTILLERY BARRAGE. BRIEFING ROOM AND…
Justin Teerlinck
Mar 20
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Do they call him a "Tommy?"
July 4th, 1917 Letter from Lieutenant Theodore Roosevelt to his wife Edith, sent from an undisclosed location on the Western Front Dear Wifey-Poo, They…
Justin Teerlinck
Mar 17
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This dire precipice
July 21st, 1917 Letter from Captain Branwell Browntrout to Major Horace S. Browntrout Understand in no uncertain terms that if you allow mother to join…
Justin Teerlinck
Mar 12
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