February 2012
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“The war gave back integrity to this erring and immoral nation. It charged with...”
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Excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s address at the Harvard Commemoration in July, 1865 (via maynrd)
I found this recently and, even though the quote was from the Civil War-era, I thought it was also a nice tribute to the Greatest Generation.
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A conversation with the Art Institute of Chicago
We recently chatted with Erin Hogan, director of public affairs at the Art Institute of Chicago, about their excellent TASS Tumblr blog and WWII-era propaganda in the Soviet Union.
1. Thanks for taking some time to share a little bit about TASS and their WWII-era posters. Can you tell us first a little bit about TASS and the individuals who ran the wartime art program?
TASS was a Soviet...
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White Rose resistance member canonized
Declared a saint, the anti-Hitler activist beheaded by Nazis at age 25
The church canonised Alexander Schmorell for his involvement in the White Rose group, which vented its disgust of Hitler and the Nazi regime by writing pamphlets opposing the regime and condemning the treatment of Soviet citizens under German occupation.
Sainthood given to Nazi Resister
“We will not be silent. We...
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“They all died with the greatest possible violence. Nowhere in the Pacific War...”
– Times reporter Robert Sherrod on Iwo Jima
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The Moral Equivalent to Football →
longformorg:
A former first-string tackle considers the green zone as a war zone:
Just as football has evolved in accordance with the evolving business ethic of American society, so has it evolved in accordance with the changing strategic assumptions about war. The development (or rebirth) of the T-formation in football coincided almost exactly with the development of a new era of mobility...
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History & the Shorty Awards
I feel like the history community on Tumblr should get together and nominate one of our own for this year’s Shorty Awards. Who’s it going to be?
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