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The Fugitive Slave Act remained contentious after its enactment.
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Southerners complained bitterly about any leniency in its application, but its enforcement was highly offensive to many Northerners. Abolitionists recited the inequities of the law since anyone aiding an escaped slave was punished severely, and it granted no due process to the escapee, who could not testify before a magistrate.…
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Honouring Tosia Altman Heroine of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
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Please take a moment and join us in honouring Tosia Altman, of Lipno Poland. Tosia was posthumously awarded the Silver Cross of the Military Order of Virtuti Militari on April 1, 1948, for her bravery during the German occupation in Poland. Tosia Altman was a courier and smuggler for Hashomer…
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WWII uncovered: Honoring the Service of Staff Sergeant Charles Schulz of the 20th Armored Division on International Holocaust Remembrance Day for His Part in the Liberation of Dachau.
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“The three years I spent in the army taught me all I needed to know about loneliness,” Schulz wrote in “My Life with Charlie Brown,” published in 2010. “My sympathy for the loneliness that all of us experience is dropped heavily upon poor Charlie Brown.” Charles Schulz, was drafted into…
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WWII uncovered: International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Honouring Holocaust Survivor and French Actor/Singer Robert Clary
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Please take a moment to join us at WWII uncovered in remembering Robert Clary, Holocaust Survivor and French actor most notably known for his role as Corporal LeBeau in the popular CBS sitcom Hogan’s Heroes. Robert passed away on November 16, 2022 in his Los Angeles California home as reported…
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WWII uncovered: Honoring the Heroes of the Battle of Britain… The Few
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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” – Winston Churchill Pictured below are Richard Hugh Anthony Lee and Albert Gerald Lewis during the Battle of Britain. Richard joined RAF Cranwell as a Flight Cadet in September 1935 and graduated in…
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On the evening of September 4, 1944, the 8th Infantry of the 1st Infantry Division set up a 14-man roadblock near the Belgian town of Sars-la-Bruyere.
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An American patrol reported that at least 100 German soldiers were headed down the cobblestone road. When the Americans opened fire, the Germans scattered. But the superior German numbers and firepower soon took their toll: Two GIs were killed, four were injured and many of the remaining Americans were taken…
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Honoring the life and service to our country of US Army World War II Veteran, Private First Class ARVIN DOUGLAS WEBB, who died in the service of his country 79 years ago.
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Son of Amos Jackson and Nannie Lorene-Webb. Two siblings, Robert Frank, and Doris Madiline. Attended Tenaha HS. On June 30, 1942, six months following the United States entry into World War II, Arvin registered for the military draft in Center, Texas, the county seat of Shelby. His registration card noted…
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We remember..Sergeant First Class James “JR” R. Stright18 February 1980 – 23 October 2009
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Sergeant First Class James “JR” R. Stright died in the early morning hours of 23 October 2009. He was a crewmember aboard an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when it crashed off the coast of Virginia during a night training mission on 22 October 2009. SFC Stright was born on 18…
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Today We Remember And Honor John Robert Fox Of Cincinnati, Ohio
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John Robert Fox of Cincinnati, Ohio, a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on December 26, 1944, near Sommocolonia, Italy. Fox graduated from Wilberforce University with a commission as a second lieutenant in 1940. On December 26, 1944, he…
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X-RATED! Prison Warder Caught Having Unprotected S3x With Inmate In Office (Photos)
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The South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services has said that it is embarrassed with viral videos of a female warder who was caught having sex with an inmate in one of the offices at the prison in KwaZulu-Natal. The video which has gone viral on social media showed the female…