Kolibri mini-mouse gun.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum in Claremore, Oklahoma claims the largest privately held collection of firearms in the world, Many of these firearms hold very important places in the history our country and the world. One of these firearms is the...

Honoring the vets.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Volunteers from the American Society of Military History Museum participated in the City of Sierra Madre's, Fourth of July Parade--in full military regalia. They honored soldiers from WWII to the present, American, as well as British. They were packing some serious hardware as well, from...

Disaster Archaeology.
Disaster Archaeology By Richard A. Gould [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Closure ... is a universal human experience in which emotions surrounding uncertainties about the fate of a relative or friend lost in a disaster are resolved to some degree by identification of the victim through...

Brian Maidment. Dusty Bob: A Cultural History of Dustmen, 1780-1870.
Brian Maidment. Dusty Bob: A Cultural History of Dustmen, 1780-1870. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2007. xvi +251. 50.00[pounds sterling]. Michelle Allen. Cleansing the City: Sanitary Geographies in Victorian London. Athens: Ohio UP, 2008. x + 225. Paper $24. 95; hardback, $49.95. The splendor visible to Wordsworth when he...

Thinkfinity.org Offers Teachers, Students and History Buffs Everything They Would Like to Know About Pearl Harbor.
Free Resources Include Unique and Engaging Lesson Plans, Interactive Timeline and Maps, Audio Interviews With Survivors, and a Copy of FDR's Address to the Nation, With His Handwritten Edits NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Teachers, students and history buffs looking for compelling educational materials on Pearl...

40 years of free minds and free markets: an oral history of reason.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN reason began in 1968, it was just one of many mimeographed zines then pushing a mostly obscure political and philosophical vision known as libertarianism. At the time, aside from rare outliers such as the Newsweek columns of Milton Friedman and the science fiction novels...

'The Judgment Against Imperialism, Fascism and Racism Against Caliphate and Islam': New Book Explores History and Ethics of World Politics Towards Muslim People.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Devoted author Khondakar Golam Mowla seeks to clear up misunderstandings about Islam while indicting nations that have oppressed their Muslim populations in his new book, "The Judgment Against Imperialism, Fascism and Racism Against Caliphate and Islam: Volume I" (published by AuthorHouse -- http://www.authorhouse.com/)....

Fill your gift list with West Boylston history.
Byline: Michael Kane WEST BOYLSTON - In a manner of speaking, this is a once in a lifetime holiday season for West Boylston residents. This year, starting with the annual tree lighting and caroling event on the common, the holidays mark the end of the town's 200th...

SBM to Dedicate 33rd Michigan Legal Milestone on 'Poletown and Eminent Domain'.
DETROIT, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The State Bar of Michigan will commemorate the 1981 Poletown decision (Poletown Neighborhood Council v. Detroit) on Tuesday, Dec. 2, as part of its Michigan Legal Milestones program highlighting significant legal cases in state history. A bronze marker will be unveiled at the ceremony...

Atari to Bring 'Codename Panzers: Cold War' Out From Behind the (Iron) Curtain.
- Cold War Sequel in Award Winning Codename Panzers Real-time Strategy Series to be Published Worldwide by Atari for Windows PC - NEW YORK, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- It's time to reshape cold war history as Atari announces the upcoming launch of Codename Panzers: Cold War, the...