tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8982225213160325780..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Guest Editorial: George 1 to George 43Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-6197186779294228422007-03-27T13:00:00.000-05:002007-03-27T13:00:00.000-05:00George 41 could have profited with George 1's orde...George 41 could have profited with George 1's orders also. He left a job unfinished that led to more grief It is now a war much as the British fought in the American Colonies instead of marching columns of soldiers into a slaughter as Hannibal. Rumsfeld energetically added changes that was opposed by the old generals all the way .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-6591230919721411512006-12-20T14:04:00.000-05:002006-12-20T14:04:00.000-05:00Actually, Qohelet, I just didn't understand the qu...Actually, Qohelet, I just didn't understand the question.<br /><br />We use the term "history" for two different things. One meaning is the events of the past. The other is the selection, recollection, and interpretation of those events in a way that seems significant. <br /><br />The second meaning of "history" is necessarily subjective. People disagree on what's most important, on how events fit together, on what lessons (if any) they might hold for the present and future. <br /><br />The first meaning of "history" is objective. People of the time had different motivations, subconscious thoughts, interpretations, intentions, etc., but what happened happened. That aspect of "history" is not in the eye of the beholder, I think. But since the eye of the beholder is the only way it's preserved and made into the other kind of "history," we can't escape subjectivity.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-62720999394529929462006-12-19T10:31:00.000-05:002006-12-19T10:31:00.000-05:00I really enjoy well written history and that's wha...I really enjoy well written history and that's what you'vd given us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-67942917926338252832006-12-18T21:16:00.000-05:002006-12-18T21:16:00.000-05:00I´m happy I found your site because the subject fa...I´m happy I found your site because the subject fascinates me. If you ask me why I won´t be able to tell you.Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12621210243934575132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-68027631433514348922006-12-18T20:31:00.000-05:002006-12-18T20:31:00.000-05:00Hello! I actually found a blog about history! I've...Hello! I actually found a blog about history! I've got a blog about history too. Just go to www.ancienthistorybuff.blogspot.com. AND PLEASE VISIT www.sciencetheories.blogspot.com. YOU can vote about my blog. Should it be deleted... or shall it live? BY the way, this blog is really cool.<br />P.S. How did you get on blogs of note? I wanna be on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-14560090824427935642006-12-18T20:00:00.000-05:002006-12-18T20:00:00.000-05:00Hi,
What a fantastic site! These articles will m...Hi,<br /><br />What a fantastic site! These articles will make you interested in the subject even if you weren't to begin with.<br /><br />You've done a nice job with the history : )<br /><br />Love the images too!<br />Take Care,<br /><br />Michael F.T.F.<br />http://questionoftheday.blogspot.com/_ ANEW _https://www.blogger.com/profile/14046083359036667240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-76118637607968298282006-12-18T15:11:00.000-05:002006-12-18T15:11:00.000-05:00The Continental invasion of Canada in 1775 seemed ...The Continental invasion of Canada in 1775 seemed to start well, with Gen. Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold taking Montreal and besieging Quebec. But the weather and smallpox bogged the army down. Montgomery was killed in battle. Eventually the American army retreated and dissolved. It's one of the campaigns we don't talk much about, or if we do, we talk about the opening stages.<br /><br />I suspect another factor in that invasion's failure is that the troops were still largely raised through the militia system, not put through training as Valley Forge provided for the Continental Army in 1777-78. Militias are great for defending one's home alongside one's neighbors. I don't think they work so well for invading other people's homes. And although the Americans didn't meet an actively hostile welcome from the French-speaking farmers of Canada, that population didn't rush to join the Continental cause, either. <br /><br />That meant the American militiamen were fighting to take over someone else's home when they could be at their own, and I think that sped up the retreat, to say the least.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-13834781057675810892006-12-18T14:35:00.000-05:002006-12-18T14:35:00.000-05:00Fantastic and original thought-provoking article. ...Fantastic and original thought-provoking article. But what becomes of B. Arnold? Does he inflame the protestant-catholic tensions? Do his soldiers humiliate their captives by making them huddle naked with black sacks on their heads? Does he emerge from Quebec with a clear exit strategy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-11508556963351212112006-12-18T14:11:00.000-05:002006-12-18T14:11:00.000-05:00I just found your blog listed on Bloggers "Blogs o...I just found your blog listed on Bloggers "Blogs of Note" and am happy I did so.<br />My father's side of our family came from England and landed in Boston in 1632. Although I'm a born and raised Californian, I am fascinated with pre-revolutionary history and Boston in general. Thanks for sharing your expertise with the rest of us.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04269469384082089761noreply@blogger.com