Whether or not they have served, most Americans have family members who have been in the armed forces. But as the size of the military shrinks, those ties may be diminishing.| Pew Research Center
By Dick Crews| The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
The painting General George Washington Resigning His Commission by John Trumbull is on display in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. This painting depicts the scene on Dec. 23, 1783, in the Maryland State House in Annapolis when George Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.| www.aoc.gov
Fort Bragg soldiers attending Donald Trump's speech commemorating the Army's 250th anniversary were reportedly screened for appearance and politics.| Rolling Stone
Did King George III of Great Britain really say that George Washington was| The Library of Congress
President Donald Trump called protesters in Los Angeles “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg on Tuesday as he defended deploying the military on demonstrators opposed to his immigration enforcement raids and as he vowed to “liberate” the West Coast city.| PBS News
Thus much, gentlemen, I have thought it incumbent on me to observe to you, to shew upon what principles I opposed the irregular and hasty meeting which was proposed to have been held on Tuesday last, and not because I wanted a disposition to give you every opportunity, consistent with your own honor, and the dignity of the army, to make known your grievances. If my conduct heretofore has not evinced to you that I have been a faithful friend to the army, my declaration of it at this time would...| en.wikisource.org
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1, A2). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls…| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Americans express the lowest level of confidence in their military in decades. Republicans are still the most likely to be confident in the military.| Gallup.com
