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Fewer Canadian reenactors in Battle of Plattsburgh commemoration due to international tension
4+ hour, 53+ min ago (148+ words) The Battle of Plattsburgh commemoration starts Wednesday, with events planned through the weekend. But this time, organizers said fewer reenactors will be present. America 250 events in other locations have made some participants unavailable, and many historical reenactors who usually travel…...
Centuries Later, Napoleon's Best Line on Courage Is Still the One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (978+ words) The quote: “Courage isn’t having the strength to go on — it is going on when you don’t have strength,” is often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte. While he was undoubtedly a master strategist and a great leader, his campaigns and battles…...
83 Years Ago, Winston Churchill's Line on War Is Still the One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
7+ hour, 26+ min ago (630+ words) Military Quote of the Day: “The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat; but they are no less difficult.” – Winston Churchill Winston Churchill, the British prime minister, has long been associated with World War II, for both…...
Local man participates in???History in Motion??? convoy in Northwest
14+ hour, 43+ min ago (517+ words) Published 12:04 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 A Carter County man, Jeffrey Campbell, linked up with fellow Northeast Tennessean Mark Ingram to take part in the Military Vehicle Preservation Association’s “History in Motion” convoy retracing the Lewis and Clark expedition earlier this summer....
Decades Later, General George S. Patton's Best US Army Line Is Still the One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (563+ words) "Better to fight for something than live for nothing." US Army General George S. Patton survived two world wars, then died in bed at 60 — 12 days after a road accident in occupied Germany in December 1945....
Decades Later, Admiral Chester Nimitz Best US Navy Line Is Still the One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History
10+ hour, 51+ min ago (570+ words) "Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men." Nimitz commanded 2,000,000 people, 5,000 ships and 20,000 aircraft when he said it....
General George Patton's Quote on People Is Still the Greatest in US Army History 79 Years Later
16+ hour, 41+ min ago (461+ words) "Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." Patton said it, then pulled 6 divisions out of Third Army and reached Bastogne 10 days after the German attack....
The Forgotten Slave Raids on Medieval Greece and the Aegean Islands
19+ hour, 51+ min ago (724+ words) Slave raids devastated medieval Greece and its scattered Aegean islands for more than 600 years, yet the story remains largely missing from popular accounts of European history. That gap is the focus of an account by historian Christopher Paolella, who recorded…...
The Day Italy Changed Sides: What Really Happened on 8 September 1943
23+ hour, 38+ min ago (705+ words) In the space of a single evening, Italy had changed sides in the deadliest war in human history. What followed was not peace. It was chaos. The secrecy was deliberate. Italy had requested a last-minute postponement from US President Franklin…...
Celebrated historian's entertaining, unscripted speech at battle anniversary dinner
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (738+ words) COMMEMORATED: Historian Ronald Hutton (left) and Battle of Worcester Society chairman, Daniel Daniels, at the anniversary dinner (Image: Battle of Worcester Society) A CELEBRATED historian brought the past to life with an unscripted speech at a dinner commemorating Worcester's most…...