Warscholar Dispatches August 10, 2009

History sites and museums

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

Assessment of Iraqi museums

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 Raid reenacted

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

Flight of PT-17 WWII trainer

Research, Restoration and History

DNA tests to be done on WWI bodies in France

White House censorship of first nuclear war film

B-29 history notes

Anne Frank movie discussed

Civil War history article

Atomic Bomb blast account

Search for WWII Marines' bodies in Pacific

Press Reporting of Hiroshima

History trivia scavenger hunt

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

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

Female WWII war pilot honored

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

Reenacting Vietnam War

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

Documentary about Pinochet

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

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

Delaware lighthouse 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

WWII remains repatriated

Dr. Henry Gates discussion about Lincoln

WWII veteran discussed

Borgnine and McHale's Navy

WWII Veteran who witnessed Japanese surrender passes

Shows and Celebrations

Lawrence celebrates free state status

Reenactments

14th annual Civil War celebration in Lawrence Kansas

Q&A with Civil War reenactor

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

Lessons of Vietnam War

WWII atomic bombing footage history

Government in Israel

Book Reviews

Storm of War - WWII

The Generalissimo - Chinese Civil War

Vehicles and Equipment

PRC 77 discussed

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

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