While the concluding refrain of John Cornford’s poem “Full Moon at Tierra” compels to “Raise the red flag triumphantly / For Communism and for liberty” and in the process has the appearance of being taken verbatim from either Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto, or a pre-revolutionary address by Lenin, the graceful distinction of how Cornford ...
Martha Gellhorn was an author that was born on November 1908 and she lived until the age of 89 when she died on February 15, 1998. Her career spanned 60 years, and she actually died by committing suicide since she felt useless after not being able to see any longer, and other illnesses. Apparently, she ...
So many controversial stories exist within the history of the Olympics that most of them have been forgotten within the decades of mostly memorable Winter and Summer Games etched positively in people’s minds. The U.S. has a history of only slipping up once when it comes to handling the Olympics with the usual aplomb of ...
The Luftwaffe was the German air force during World War II, and was established in May of 1935 by Hermann Göring. Göring, a Nazi general second in command of the Third Reich, had been a fighter ace in WWI, with 22 confirmed kills, and had been commander of the Jagdgeschwader 1, or JG 1, to ...
While today, history books use the Spanish Civil War as a means of understanding how fascism overcame republican rule throughout Europe, until the final defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, at the time many creative artists like Ernest Hemingway, who, one would think, would enthusiastically embrace anyone fighting against dictatorship, were torn about their loyalties ...
Sweet, milk chocolate drops in a colorful, crunchy shell. Ubiquitous and delightful, M&M;’s candy has been part of American life for nearly 70 years. We all know they’re the chocolate that “melts in your mouth, not in your hand,” but how did M&M;’s become such an essential American treat? During the Spanish Civil War, candy ...
Sagrada Familia, or Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, is an expiatory church in Barcelona, Spain. What is interesting about this church is its appearance. It has the appearance of a surreal set prop in a science fiction movie, if you leave out the construction equipment that is perpetually there. You see, Sagrada Familia has ...
Toledo, Spain is a beautiful, historical city just south of Madrid, the capitol of Spain. This city is really a “must see” for a full day trip, or, even better, two days with one overnight. Toledo sits up high on a hill and has wonderful views. There is a river that surrounds it, the Tagus, ...
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