by Wordsmith | May 25, 2020 | American Exceptionalism, History, Holidays, Military, Military Families, military history, Obituaries, Support the Troops, The Iraqi War, True Heroes
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” -Plato This is not a political post. This is an American post. About an American soldier. An outstanding milblogger who some of you may have followed. Respected and mourned from both sides of the...
by Wordsmith | Oct 3, 2019 | American Exceptionalism, Military, military history, Obituaries, On This Day, Support the Troops, This Day in History, True Heroes
Gary Gordon. Randy Shughart. WordsmithA former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles...
by Wordsmith | May 27, 2019 | American Exceptionalism, Freedom, History, Holidays, Military, military history, Obituaries, Support the Troops, True Heroes
I hope everyone has a meaningful, reflective Memorial Day. The following is a repost, originally published May 30, 2016…. Christian Jacobs hugs the headstone of his father U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Jacobs as mother Brittany, wipes away a tear in...
by Wordsmith | Nov 4, 2018 | Afghanistan, American Exceptionalism, Military Families, Obituaries, True Heroes, War On Terror
Killed Saturday by an insider attack. NORTH OGDEN, Utah — The mayor of a Utah city was killed during an attack in Afghanistan while he was serving with the state’s National Guard, authorities said. North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor died Saturday in an apparent...
by Wordsmith | May 28, 2018 | American Exceptionalism, Holidays, Military, Military Families, military history, Obituaries, Photo of the Day, Support the Troops, True Heroes
President Kennedy once said, “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.” Ah’Leesya Johnson, presented with an American flag at a graveside service in Hollywood, Florida, Oct. 21,...
by Wordsmith | Nov 28, 2017 | American Exceptionalism, Culture, Donald Trump, Military, military history, political correctness, Politics, Race, Racism, True Heroes
This photo makes me laugh. Why? Because of the portrait of Andrew Jackson- who the Cherokee nickname “Indian Killer” and the Creek call “Sharp Knife”)- hanging in the background. Now, I’m not an Andrew Jackson hater; nor do I see myself...
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