FORMER PRUSSIAN MILITARY OFFICER STREAMLINED TRAINING OF CONTINENTAL ARMY FOR GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON by James Still, ©2018, RetraceOurSteps.com (Feb. 1, 2018) — Friedrich “Baron” von Steuben was a Prussian officer and served as an aide to Frederick the Great. Following his military career, von Steuben received a recommendation from Benjamin Franklin and wrote to George Washington, […]
“SINISTER AND PERNICIOUS MOTIVES” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 22, 2015) — On July 2, 1776, a group of 56 men meeting in Philadelphia in the colony of Pennsylvania declared the 13 British colonies, founded on the principle of religious liberty, independent of the British Crown. All who were present at the Philadelphia convention knew that […]
WILL ANYONE REMEMBER AMERICA’S BEGINNINGS? by OPOVV, ©2012 (Dec. 6, 2012) — It’s the year 2043, and a group of campers are lounging around the campfire after a day of hiking and fishing. For the past week at this time of evening one of the campers gets to tell a story. Sometimes old Brothers Grimm tales […]
CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF DEFERS TO MUSLIMS OVER HIS OWN OFFICER by OPOVV, ©2012, Presidential Candidate (Sep. 22, 2012) — If I were to say to you that Islam isn’t as “Peaceful and Benevolent” as they would wish you to believe and cited thousands of documented cases where the behavior of Muslims is the […]
HOW DID WASHINGTON’S FLEDGELING ARMY DEFEAT THE BRITISH? by General Canwell Jeffington (Jun. 28, 2011) — I could tell that Washington was almost euphoric that I had agreed to spy for him. He had other reasons to be encouraged as well. His troops had emerged from the Hell of the winter at Valley Forge. Their […]
“THE REPUBLIC WILL BE BORN AGAIN” by General Canwell Jeffington (Jun. 19, 2011) — My name is General Canwell Jeffington, special covert military attaché to General George Washington during America’s Revolutionary War. I operated outside of General Washington’s secret Culper Ring as a rogue spy for Washington and my knowledge of those events is second to […]