A Brief History On January 1, 2025, we all take a bold leap into the future, a new year filled with promise and perhaps with some concerns as well. Fear not, for Major Dan at H&H is happy to tell you what will possibly happen in the coming year. Of course, I make no guarantees, for as Donald Trump recently said, “I can’t guarantee anything. I can’t guarantee tomorrow.” Digging Deeper Number one, as alluded to by the former president, all the bombastic campaign promises about lowering food and energy costs, etc., will fail to materialize, although we of course…
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A Brief History On December 30, 2024, we take a look back at the ones we lost this year, and instead of trying to amass a giant list of everyone and everything, we aim to keep this list limited to those of particular note, at least to us! Digging Deeper Former President Jimmy Carter, age 100, was a fine person who showed his true morals and values in the years since leaving the White House. Baseballer Rickey Henderson, age 65, Major League Baseball’s all-time base stealer, was probably the greatest lead off batter of all time. Richard Simmons, exercise and…
A Brief History On December 26, 1776, George Washington led his Continental Army across the Delaware River to surprise and attack the German Hessians employed by the British, killing about 22 of the German mercenaries and capturing another 800 to 900 for the loss of only two Americans killed. In fact, the dead Americans died from the winter weather and not Hessian bullets! Digging Deeper Mercenaries, soldiers for hire usually from other lands, have been used throughout history, sometimes to great advantage but also many times leading to failure and defeat. While the French Foreign Legion is famous for its…
A Brief History On December 20, 1991, the parents of a Palestinian American girl were sentenced to death for the first degree murder of their daughter, a murder committed in the name of “honor,” believing their daughter had shamed the family by living a decadent American style life and having a romantic relationship with an African American man. Digging Deeper Despite the death sentences, the father died in prison six years later while the mother’s sentence was commuted to life in prison. The vast time span between being sentenced to death and actual execution in the US is over 19…
A Brief History On December 19, 2016, Berlin, Germany, was the scene of a horrific mass murder by a frustrated asylum seeker from Tunisia who hijacked a truck and drove it into a crowd of people at a Christmas Market, leaving a dozen dead and scores injured. Digging Deeper While firearms are usually given the most attention when it comes to mass murder, the sad fact is that people with murderous intent have shown surprising ingenuity in the employment of alternate means of committing their heinous acts, such as motor vehicles, bombs, edged weapons, poisons, aircraft, and fire. The perpetrator…