New York, New York!Madison Square Garden, New York City, June 24-July 9, 1924 The 1924 Democratic National Convention, also called the “Klanbake”, held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 24 to July 9, 1924, took a record 103 ballots to nominate a presidential candidate. Ku Klux Klan The … [Read more...]
I Have A Dream – Martin Luther King Jr. August 28, 1963
WASHINGTON DC, AUGUST 28, 1963 - I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King Jr. 54 years ago - The Democratic Party & Jim Crow laws, the Democratic Party's … [Read more...]
Winston Churchill, “Never Was So Much Owed By So Many to So Few”
BATTLE OF BRITAIN, HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUG 20, 1940 - On August 15, the crisis of the battle of Britain was reached. All the resources of Fighter Command in the South were used. The most difficult and dangerous period of the Battle of Britain was between August 24 and September 6, when the German attack was directed … [Read more...]
Cassius Marcellus Clay – White Republican Abolitionist
I have always been fascinated by this story - thought I would share it. Muhammad Ali changed his name when he converted to Islam. He claimed that his birth name was a "slave name". He was named after a white Republican abolitionist from his hometown of Louisville, KY. John Mueller - Armored Column Please Share with Friends … [Read more...]
The Little Rock Nine & 101st Airborne Division
Follow @Red_State_Rebel Pax Americana ! on Twitter Ban the Democratic Party on Facebook SEPT 2 - 24, 1957, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANASAS - The LITTLE ROCK NINE were a group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the … [Read more...]
No One Messes With America’s M1 Abrams Super Tank
The M1 Abrams main battle tank has been the mainstay of the U.S. Army’s armor branch for more than thirty years. Heavily armored, powered by a gas turbine engine and equipped with a powerful 120-millimeter gun, the M1 has proven an adaptable tank capable of fighting from the rolling hills of southern Germany to the deserts … [Read more...]