by John Fox | Dec 7, 2011 | Blog
It is always great to see the present collide with the past. President Obama’s campaign speech in Osawatomie, Kansas yesterday left me scratching my head, and those who know me will agree that I must scratch a lot since I don’t have much hair left. He spewed his usual...
by John Fox | Dec 3, 2011 | Blog
During a recent visit to Winchester, Virginia’s Handley Regional Archives room, officially the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives Room, I came across an interesting article in theConfederate Veteran magazine [vol. 27, p. 125] that connected a Confederate officer from a...
by John Fox | Nov 23, 2011 | Blog
On a recent business trip to Budapest, Hungary, I made a side visit into the Hungarian Military History Museum. I spent three hours here until they kicked me out at the closing time of 4 pm. Due to this early winter closing time I missed most of the post-WWII history...
by John Fox | Nov 17, 2011 | Blog
If you like Civil War weapons, cannons, uniforms, shells, buttons, bayonets, swords, soldiers’ & civilians’ letters, rusty canteens, bullets, photos, artwork, metal detectors, period documents and BOOKS then be sure to stop by the Richmond [Va] Raceway this...
by John Fox | Nov 5, 2011 | Blog
Winchester [Va.] artist turned documentary film producer Radford Wine will preview his film for its national release at the NPS Antietam visitors center auditorium on Sunday, November 20 at 2 p.m. He will briefly explain the genesis of the video and his career moves...
by John Fox | Oct 25, 2011 | Blog
Johann Gotlieb Riethmiller jumped off a boat in America in 1847. The seventeen-year-old did not record why he and his older half-brother decided to leave their German birthplace and take a long trip to another country. Johann was born in Kirchheim unter Teck in the...
