Happy Thanksgiving from ThisMightyScourge.com
Greetings friends! Today is Thanksgiving – one of my favorite holidays of the year. During my lifetime, Thanksgiving has been a time to get together with friends and family, watch football games and...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from This Mighty Scourge!
As a devout Christian, Christmas holds a very special place in my heart. Tomorrow we celebrate the birth of Christ Jesus who was sent to our world by God. His present to us: forgiveness, love and life...
View ArticleAbraham Lincoln is 202 years old
Today is Abraham Lincoln’s 202nd birthday. I am in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with my family and walked by a spot, at Marquette University, where Abraham Lincoln had given a speech. Today, I will reflect on...
View ArticleMoms – A Very Important Ingredient for the Soldier
I did not post anything yesterday as I was spending Mother’s Day with my lovely bride. However, I was thinking about how important moms are to the soldier serving away from home. Inevitably they are...
View ArticleGettysburg Casino Developers Consider Appeal
As reported yesterday by Eric Wittenburg, the proposed developers of the Mason Dixon Resort and Casino in Gettysburg are considering an appeal. Recently denied approval to build a casino near the...
View ArticleOak Hill Cemetery -Washington, D.C.
I have been is Washington, D.C. the past two days for work. I found myself with a couple of hours free time before my flight, so I decided to stop by The Oak Hill Cemetery. It is, without a doubt, one...
View ArticleHigh Dynamic Range photos – Is it cheating?
I have been an avid photographer since the late 1970′s. I grew up on Kodachrome 64 and always relished the color saturation and dynamic range the transparencies created – especially in low light with...
View Article148th Anniversary of the conclusion of fighting at Gettysburg
Today is the 148th anniversary of the third day of fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. This battle was destined to become the epic battle in a war of epic battles: Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg,...
View ArticleRIP: American Civil War Battlefields Facebook Group
Many of you have followed my blog articles via the Facebook group, American Civil War Battlefields. I started this group around four years ago when I first signed up for Facebook. The group had grown...
View ArticleRemembering Abraham Lincoln
Today is the 203d birthday of our 16th U.S. president – Abraham Lincoln. I have been fascinated with Lincoln for as long as I can remember and have read extensively about his life, presidency and...
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