Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Google Reader
Using Google reader, please follow me at warscholar@gmail.com to get all the latest news on military history, museums, reenactments, discoveries, and the like.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Warscholar Dispatches August 10, 2009
Museum of San Diego has Navajo code exhibit
Hiroshima and Nagasaki exhibit in New York
Macedonian military museums to open by end of year
Problems with a Civil War diorama of Battle of Palmetto Ranch
Superstition Mountain Museum has military uniforms
Polish town famous for Red Baron
Individuals
Grave of British Civil War financier found
Celebration of Jeff Davis' 200th birthday
Shows, Memorials and Celebrations
Remembrance for veterans who died in captivity
Hiroshima and Nagasaki dead honored in California
Photos, Journals, Historic Items
President Garfield's Civil War items sell well
Reenactments
Living History at Wilson's National Battlefield
Mohawk Valley living history fair
Freetown Revolutionary War reenactment
Book Reviews
Lords of the Sea - ancient war
Reporting Vietnam Military and Media at War
Vehicles and Equipment
Yak-52 Russian training plane restored and flown
Lost WWII plane found on Welsh beach
Research, Restoration and History
DNA tests to be done on WWI bodies in France
White House censorship of first nuclear war film
Search for WWII Marines' bodies in Pacific
Agent Orange program discussed
Warscholar Dispatches August 9, 2009
History sites and museums
Recovery of Baghdad Museum items
Pennsylvania Military Museum exhibits WWI souvenir art
Sumter County Museum has Civil War and Revolutionary War replicas for kids
Fort Rod Hill National Historic Site displaying British colonial military items
Resaca Confederate Cemetery
Exhibits on two Revolutionary War spies
Babylon damaged by war
West Baton Rouge Museum to show Lincoln exhibit
Kittery Historical and Naval Museum article
Iron Curtain trail described
Individuals
Germany Nazi resister sued by Germany
Recollections of WWII nurse
Shows, Memorials and Celebrations
WASPs receive Congressional Gold Medal
Fort Dobbs exhibit at Statesville Regional Airport
Photos, Journals, Historic Items
Series on Bulgarian military flags
WWII artifacts donated to Iowa Gold Star Museum
Reenactments
Reenactments in Hendersonville, NC
Civil War reenactment in Washington
Binghamton Civil War reenactment
Michigan Civil War reenactment
Pinecrest Historical Village Civil War reenactment
Historic Reunions
Italian WWII POW reunion
Battle of the Bulge reunion
Editorials
US use of military suicide missions
Veterans rights activist discussed
Vehicles and Equipment
USS Lexington discussed
Civil War musical instruments
Research, Restoration and History
Coke's connection to Nazi Germany
Research on an Iowa ammunition plant
Information on the NC coast expedition
Columbia, SC cemetery has many historic figures
Some Krakow military history
Military scouting
A-bomb recollections
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Warscholar Dispatches August 8, 2009
History sites and museums
Addition made to Richmond Battlefield
War of 1812 house in Maryland restored
90th anniversary of WWI focused Hoover Institute
Information on UAE personal museum that preserves many military items
Tour focused on Oberlin's abolitionist past
Individuals
Marker placed on American Revolution soldier's grave
Pastor has passion for Civil War
Army Air Corps veteran recalls past
Love letters reveal a bit of WWII history
Attempts to find a specific WWI grave
Shows, Memorials and Celebrations
Moray war memorial in national competition
History article on Salt Lake City celebration for Civil War veterans
Veterans' exhibit in Minnesota
Photos, Journals, Historic Items
American Legion Post historic items preserved
Search for memorial scroll with WWI names
Reenactments
Revolutionary War reenactment in Massachusetts
Editorials
Churchill's autobiography discussed in relation to modern war
Sociology of GI Joe movie discussed
Some history of the Vimy memorial
What should be done with a dying ex-Nazi?
Book Reviews
Europe's Tragedy - A History of the Thirty Years' War
Vehicles and Equipment
Group builds war machine designed by Da Vinci
Preservation of Canadian military aircraft
Public flights available on Liberty Belle
More information on US WWII plane discovered by Canada
Additional news on US WWII plane in Canada
Many military planes at Salinas California air show
Canadian exhibit on military disguise
Research and Restoration
North Carolina coastal wreck search
WWII veterans of Congo discussed
Friday, August 07, 2009
Warscholar Dispatches August 7, 2009
History sites and museums
18th century New York military sites to be sold
Military items displayed at Fort Totten in Indiana
Connecticut cemetery holds many Revolutionary war dead
Review of Tallahassee area history
Individuals
Ancient warrior skeleton and tomb found at beach near Rome
Harry Patch funeral
Shows, Memorials and Celebrations
65th Anniversary of Cowra breakout in Australia
Vietnam War photo exhibit in Oregon
Minnesota Civil War veterans exhibit opens
New Annual event in Dalton to mark WWII
Photos, Journals, Historic Items
Rare map auction being held
"Negro Colleges in War Time" documentary reviewed
Reenactments
Civil War reenactment in Binghamton
Living History weekend in North Carolina
Editorials
Connection between Shell Oil and Nazi party
Book Reviews
History and Legends of the Alamo and other Missions in and Around San Antonio
Triple Cross - Modern terrorism
Vehicles and Equipment
Canada finds possible US WWII plane in seaway
Large military vehicle convention held in Evansville
Liberty Belle being shown
Research and Restoration
Battle of Cedar Mountain to be discussed in Culpeper
Details on North Carolina WWII shipwreck survey
Portsmouth role in Russo-Japanese war to be discussed
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Warscholar Dispatches August 6, 2009
History sites and museums
Rhode Island celebrates Victory Day
Chattanooga develops interactive Civil War maps over modern maps
Texas WWII training camp to get historical marker
Adding information to Fort Dupont's history
Preserving part of refurbished Pentagon
New Exhibits at Ford's Theater
Military exhibits at Seguin Heritage Museum
Exhibit on South Carolina and WWI
Individuals
History of inventor John Browning
Dr. Henry Gates discussion about Lincoln
WWII Veteran who witnessed Japanese surrender passes
Shows and Celebrations
Lawrence celebrates free state status
Reenactments
14th annual Civil War celebration in Lawrence Kansas
WWII bridge capture reenactment in Pennsylvania
Fort Nisqually Brigade Encapment to be held
Editorials
Discussion of the 64th anniversary of Hiroshima
Anniversary of Battle of Minden
WWII atomic bombing footage history
Book Reviews
The Generalissimo - Chinese Civil War
Vehicles and Equipment
Restored P51C Mustang flies over St. Paul
Spirit of Tuskegee plane restored
Research and Restoration
Archaeological trip for Kansas-Missouri border war
Some Baldwin City military history
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
History sites and museums
New Fort Worth Military History museum opened
Tybee Island Museum in Georgia reopening
Tennessee unveils six new Civil War markers
JFK library is displaying WWII war tokens
Team surveying the North Carolina coast for WWII wrecks
San Diego Indian reservation history
St Louis area history museum
WWII commemoration to be held at Mississippi area museum
New Orleans WWII museum expanded
Blue Licks Battlefield state park to reenact battle
Antietam battlefield park detailed
Fort Leavenworth history discussed
Tours of Camp Hale, Colorado area WWII training site, established
Goodfellow AFB monthly tour cancelled, to resume
Scottish castle used for exhibition
Western North Carolina Civil War sites detailed
Museum on the history of Soviet and Russian in Germany to open in Germany
Individuals
Last surviving soldier to have fought in World War I passes away
US WWII serviceman's body repatriated to US
Nazi Germany survivor speaks to students
Shows
WWII training planes to be showcased at an Oregon exposition
Photos and Journals
Military History Quarterly publishing 1930s Navy pilot training photos
Billy the Kid handwritten note discovered
Article on Assyrian clay tablet describing military problems
Reenactments
Michigan reenactment of Civil War battle of Utoy Creek
Fort Snelling Civil War reenactment
Historic Reunions
WWII women vets to reunite in Washington, DC
Editorials
Description of a history trip to Central Europe touching on military history
Norwegian WWII history discussed
Stars and Stripes newspaper history
Book Reviews
Dangerous Games - Cold war
War on the Run - American Revolution
Vehicles
Stearman biplane restored
C-130 nose art
Research and Restoration
New Zealand researcher studying national military service
Civil War headstones in Ohio to be repaired
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)