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ACG WebOps (17 March 2007)Jim H. Moreno March 18, 2007 | 0 comments | Print | E-mail
Welcome to WebOps, Armchair General’s weekly recon of links to military history news, articles, websites, and more. This week’s links: an interview with Eliot Cohen on the importance of concurrently looking at military history; Civil War related news covering Gettysburg, Pea Ridge, and 10 other great places for a current stroll through that era; and an upcoming auction of World War II memorabilia that serious collectors will not want to miss. Clicks away! NewsWeekend of living history in Pea Ridge – NWAnews.com BENTONVILLE — Thousands of people visited Pea Ridge National Military Park over the weekend to help celebrate the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Pea Ridge.
Study: Housing Threatens Civil War Sites – Newsday.com WASHINGTON — Plans for a casino just outside Gettysburg were shot down last year, but the site of the Civil War’s bloodiest battle is threatened by spreading home construction, a preservation group says.
Veterans escalate museum protest – globeandmail.com The Royal Canadian Legion is renewing calls for a boycott of the Canadian War Museum and is asking the Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs to intervene in a dispute over a controversial panel of text about the devastation of the Allied bombing campaign in the Second World War.
Ferebee’s collection at history museum – Salisbury Post The N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh recently acquired a collection of military documents and objects related to the military service of Col. Thomas W. Ferebee (1918-2000). Ferebee, who grew up on a farm near Mocksville, was the bombardier of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.
ArticlesAt Flores Adobe, history stands solid – Los Angeles Times After the final California battle of the Mexican-American War more than 160 years ago, the defeated californios met in this house under the command of Gen. Jose Maria Flores. They discussed a tentative treaty that became the Articles of Capitulation, a model for the nation’s only treaty to be written by the losing side. Later, the adobe was named in Flores’ honor.
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