I'm always curious what the imagery was that people grew up with in regards to the military and warfare.
My family has a long military tradition. Primarily Army and Navy. My father and all of his brothers were in the service... most of them have served in wars and conflicts from WWII to present...
...Ben Franklin (read what he said below)? "For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to...
in one of the volumes of the Lettres edifiantes et curieuses that appeared in Paris during the first half of the eighteenth century, Father Fontecchio of the Society of Jesus planned a study of the superstitions and misinformation of the common people of Canton; in the preliminary outline he...