On this day in 1863, a Thursday afternoon, President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union’s watershed victory there. Just 272 words and running at around 2 minutes in length, the speech is held by many to be […]
Hut, two, three, four What do you think you are fighting for? Four, five, six, seven Invasion is the path to heaven. Seven, eight, nine, ten If it doesn’t work, do it again. Six, seven, eight, nine If innocents die too, never mind. We need to clean things Wipe lessers out of the place. They’re […]
On this day in 1916, the Battle of the Somme, Bataille de la Somme, or Schlacht an der Somme ends in stalemate after 140 bloody days. It was intended to hasten a victory for the Allies and was the largest battle of WW1 on the Western Front, with more than three million men engaged and […]
Many are hamster-wheel humans So punch-drunk from assuming They know the way things work. The wealthy urged them to elect jerks To run this country into the ground And turn it into the worst place around. It’s a sad tale, a whore of a story Where those with guts, don’t get glory. It’s a horror […]
On this day in 1558, Elizabeth I (September 7 1533 – March 24 1603) is made Queen of England and Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII […]
On this day in 1532, Spanish explorer, conquistador and creep Francisco Pizarro springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa. With fewer than 200 men against several thousand, Pizarro appeals to Atahualpa’s vanity, lures the Incan icon to a feast fit for the king and opens fire on the unarmed Incas. Pizarro’s men massacre nearly […]