Tag: Navy
Facial Hair Friday: That’s not a real beard, Santa!
I was going to try to find another bearded man to feature, but it’s practically Christmas Eve, and let’s face it, Santa Claus has the most famous beard (and reindeer) of all. It’s like a giant cloud of fluffy white snow around his chin. It’s his defining characteristic. In the middle of July when there’s an older gentleman on [...]
Posted by Hilary on December 23, 2011, under - World War II, Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: beards, Christmas, cotton balls, jolly old elf, Navy, Santa, St. Nick, USS Lexington, war bonds
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Medal of Honor is now on display at the National Archives
The Medal of Honor is the highest honor in recognition of “gallantry in action.” Yet when President Abraham Lincoln signed “An act to further promote the efficiency of the Navy” into law on December 21, 1861, the creation of this honor is just a paragraph in section seven. Only 200 “medals of honor” were [...]
Posted by Hilary on December 6, 2011, under - Civil War, Letters in the National Archives, Unusual documents.
Tags: 14th New York Artillery, 1862, 37th Massachusetts Regimental Association, abraham lincoln, Lt. John S. Bradley, Medal of Honor, Navy, Pennsylvania, Petersburg, Philadelphia, Pvt. Samuel E. Eddy, Rotunda, Sailor’s Creek, Sgt. James Hill, virginia, William Wilson & Sons
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Green Bay Packer, Detroit Lion, or US President?
These days, the average NFL player receives about $1.2 million a year, not a bad paycheck for throwing around the old pigskin. After all, that’s three times what the President makes (though he does get free limo rides), and plenty more than your average blogger does (sigh). But in 1935, playing football wasn’t the glitzy [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on February 2, 2011, under - Presidents, Myth or History.
Tags: $110 bucks, Detroit Lion, football, Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Navy, Packers, President Ford, Steelers, Superbowl, White House, Yale
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