On the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, the howling carnage of the Great War came to a long-awaited — and desperately prayed for — end. It had been the grisliest and most gut-wrenching war in human history. Flesh had given way to steel and gas and shell on the ever-fluctuating…
I had the privilege of joining my good friend Remso Martinez on the Remso Republic Podcast to talk about America’s greatest ‘do nothing’ president, Calvin Coolidge. He was a man of few words and fewer actions. Which made him America’s greatest president. An all-around badass, contemporary conservatives would do well to imitate his reservedness, devotion to…
After several weeks of drowning in coursework, I finally had a chance to visit the National D-Day Memorial again and, this time, I brought my camera! It was a chilly and overcast day but even so, I was able to get some great shots. The memorial breathtaking in the amount of symbolism it contains. If…
Historical Significance [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Virginia State Capitol has a rich and storied history. In 1780 the Capitol was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond, meeting in a hastily built temporary facility until the permanent capitol building could be completed. The permanent capitol building was designed by Thomas Jefferson and completed in 1788. The design was inspired by…