In 1932 over 43,000 protestors marched on Washington DC, demanding better treatment and pay for veterans of World War I. President Hoover and the US government responded with violence, tear gassing and shooting the veterans.
21 Aug 2025
Baseball in the Japanese American Concentration Camps
When over 120,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned in concentration camps during WWII they brought the American sport of baseball with them. Sources America's Concentration Camps by Allan R. Bosworth Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball by Kerry Yo Nakagawa Kenichi Zenimura: Japanese American Baseball Pioneer by Bill Staples Jr
24 Jul 2025
The Battle of Lake Erie
In the War of 1812 the US Navy would engage the British Royal Navy in the cold waters of Lake Erie. The battle would decide the future of the Great Lakes. Sources Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron by Ronald Utt The Lake Erie Campaign by Walter Rybka https://www.nps.gov/articles/brock-meets-tecumseh.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/surrender-of-detroit.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/a-mere-matter-of-marching.htm from the National Parks Service database https://detroithistorical.org/...
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