Posts by Phil Padgett

The Battleship U.S.S. Texas will be on the move Wednesday, August 31, weather permitting.  A livestream video of Texas getting under tow, August 31, will be available on the Battleship…

And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered— We few, we happy few, we band…

Finally, after two years of pandemic-imposed absence, a day spent researching at the National Archives in College Park (a.k.a. “Wonderland”)!  Working with the archivists to build the foundation for a…

A coincidence almost surely, but within it a profoundly appropriate symbol of united resolve today to protect a Europe whole and free.  Some of the aircraft transporting U.S. forces to…

Cascade Library’s “Eat local Read Local” book fair returns on Saturday to Loudon County, VA,  October 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Address is 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls,…

Remembering my classmate, Susan Getzendanner killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center, and all the victims of 9/11 on that terrible day and over the twenty years that…

Happy birthday, FDR!  You would recognize our times.  Be certain of this: as we did in your time, we shall prevail again! President Franklin D. Roosevelt celebrates with Harry Hopkins…

Now begins the rebuilding of American leadership in the world.  The right words are being said and the Biden foreign policy team is skilled and experienced.  No one, however, should…

The metaphor keeps unfolding in the coincidence of the U.S. presidential election and the run-up to the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, December 16.  On Election…

Trinity, the first test of an atomic bomb, forever changed our world at Alamogordo, New Mexico, at 0530 local time 75 years ago today, July 16.  Although the first to…