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Senior Descendants of Edward III Pt.4
Below is the third family tree of the most senior line of descent from England’s King Edward III (1312 – 1377), through his daughter Isabella—the oldest of his children who left descendants.* The...
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WW I 100 YEARS
It was a hundred years ago today! Indeed. What we these days call today (and observe tomorow) “Veteran’s Day” began life (ironically) exactly 100 years ago TODAY as “Armistice Day” denoting that...
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People’s History Jackpot!
Presence of the Past – History on the Screen AND World War One The new film They Shall Not Grow Old, by Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings, The Feebles, Bad Taste) which consists of meticulously...
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It’s 243 for US!! July 4, 1776
Ah, yes, the presence of the past. A big topic, actually. Take July 4, 1776. And with that heavy duty date, take this: Q: How many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were born in the...
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Slicing Dominoes — Or, Revisiting the Cascade of Causes of World War One
This huge pic of the old timey dude is, of course, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, a senior member of the ruling family (the Habsburgs) of what used to be a rather huge country in Europe called...
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EGYPT!
August 18th was the day, 192 years ago, that a certain ship landed in Alexandria, Egypt. The Eglé had sailed from Toulon in southern France and carried none other than Jean-François Champollion, the...
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Veterans Today
A couple years back I asked my kids if they knew why they had no school that November 11th. After a minute the older one answered “Veteran’s Day!”, and then I asked if she knew what that was about....
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Lion of NewCity claims bonus, neighbors say it’s more than his share!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I post today, admittedly a day late, in honor of the birthday of a special guy. And to honor him, I’m posting some trees showing the family of that wily and reviled world leader, that...
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From: Au revoir, noblesse! To: An Empire Strikes Back!
Here’s the follow-up post to the last one, the (semi) critical reading of Napoleon Bonaparte’s name. Today we consider the fact of Napoleon’s creation, while he was in charge of France, of new...
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Ideals/France
The Betrayal and Execution of the French Revolution’s Ideals as Performed by the Sole Inmate of the Longwood House Under the Direction of Himself in His Guise as the Emperor de France More than a...
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