Joe diGenova:
James 'Cardinal' Comey — the man who destroyed the FBI
Saturday, April 13, 2019
On this day in 1861,
FORT SUMTER FALLS
CIVIL WAR BEGINS
On April 13, 1861, Ft. Sumter fell to the Confederate Army after a 30 hour shelling that produced no fatalities other than a Confederate horse felled by an errant Union cannon shot.
The first shot of the Civil War was fired by secessionist and slaveholder Edmund Ruffin. The first shot by Union forces was fired by Captain Abner Doubleday of baseball fame.
Although there were no human fatalities during the battle, a Union soldier was killed when his gun exploded in his hands as he attempted to fire the 47th shot in the 100-gun salute allowed the Union army by the Confederates before the Union army abandoned the fort.
Ruffin survived the war but killed himself while draped in the Confederate flag after Lee’s surrender because he did not want to live under “Yankee" rule.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
On this day in 1951,
TRUMAN FIRES MACARTHUR
MacArthur wanted to bomb/invade China for entering Korean War
On this day in 1951, Democrat President Harry Truman fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur and set off a public outcry.
MacArthur had saved South Korea from the North’s attempted invasion through a series of brilliant military tactics and then attacked North Korea to wipe out the communist regime. Truman was concerned the Chinese would join the fight on behalf of North Korea but MacArthur assured Truman this would not happen. Shortly afterward, 100,000s of thousands of Chinese troops entered North Korea, joined the fight against the U.S., and drove the American forces back into South Korea. MacArthur asked for permission to bomb China and invade it using Nationalist Chinese troops. Truman refused MacArthur’s request and instead fired him saying he wanted to keep the Korean conflict a “limited war.”
MacArthur returned home to a hero’s welcome and gave his famous speech to Congress in which he said, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”
Douglas MacArthur was the son of Arthur MacArthur, who won the Medal of Honor at the age of 19 for his bravery during the Battle of Missionary Ridge outside Chattanooga when young Arthur charged to the summit at a critical phase in the battle, planted the regimental flag, and shouted “On, Wisconsin!”.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
On this day in 1865,
LEE SURRENDERS
Civil War Begins and Ends at Homes of Wilmer McLean
McLean Appomattox Home Looted By Union Soldiers
On this day in 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant after getting trapped in Appomattox Valley. The Confederate armies had been on the defensive for several weeks and Lee was trying to join forces with the Army of Tennessee, led by Joseph Eggleston Johnston. While the surrender terms offered by Grant were generous, Lee said in 1870 he would not have surrendered, but would have preferred to be killed, if he had known how the post-Grant Radical Republicans would treat the South during Reconstruction.
While Lee’s surrender brought an effective end to the Civil War, other Confederate generals fought on, including Confederate General Johnston, who surrendered a few weeks later, coincidentally, the same day Lincoln was assassinated.
In a little known coincidence, Lee’s surrender occurred in the living room of Wilmer McLean, who had converted Appomattox Courthouse into his new home. Years before McLean had left his original home because the first battle of the Civil War had been fought in his front yard along the banks of Bull Run. After the surrender, Union soldiers took almost all of the furniture and other artifacts from McLean’s home to save as mementoes. McLean commissioned the print above in what turned out to be a failed attempt to recover his losses.
Monday, April 8, 2019
On this day in 1943,
Nazis Hang Lutheran Theologian Dietrich Boenhoeffer For Treason
On this day in 1943, Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Boenhoeffer was hanged by the Nazis, only a month before the end of WWII. Boenhoeffer had opposed Hitler from the time of his ascension to power and, unlike many pastors, had opposed the Nazis’ effort to take over the church. Although he could have avoided his fate by continuing his visits to either England or America, Boenhoeffer believed he had to return to Germany in order to play a role in the rehabilitation of the church after the war. A few years after his return, Bonhoeffer was convicted of being party to a conspiracy to kill Hitler. Although an eyewitness says Boenhoeffer died bravely and quickly, others familiar with Nazi executions of those convicted of treason say it is likely Boenhoeffer was hanged, revived, hanged, and revived over a long period of time to prolong the agony of his death.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Steve Cortes:
Stop Comparing Political Rivals to Nazis
Doing so diminishes the horrors suffered by millions and disparages the incredible heroism of the American military in smashing that murderous regime.
Stop Comparing Political Rivals to Nazis
Doing so diminishes the horrors suffered by millions and disparages the incredible heroism of the American military in smashing that murderous regime.
The most important change of the Trump Revolution?
High Court Could Take First Step to Chevron Doctrine’s Demise
High Court Could Take First Step to Chevron Doctrine’s Demise
On this day in 1954,
Republican President Eisenhower Argues Domino Theory For Southeast Asia
Predicts communist domination will lead to "incalculable losses to the free world."
(The calculable deaths of American boys in Vietnam turned out to be about 58,000)
On this day in 1862,
Battle of Shiloh Ends With Union Victory
The Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War to date with far worse to come.
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