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Tri-City Herald Letters to the Editor 08/14/2022
One of the paratroopers literally takes the gun from his dead hands, shoves it in his own belt, and then leaves. In the 1997 film Men in Black, a farmer named Edgar threatens a recently landed evil alien with a shotgun. Told to place the projectile weapon on the ground, Edgar says, "You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers."
In 1794, the U.S. Congress passed a bill calling "for the erecting and repairing of Arsenals and Magazines".President George Washington, given wide latitude in carrying out this order, selected Harpers Ferry, then a part of Virginia, for the location of the Harpers Ferry National Armory. [4]
A general order issued by George Washington on February 20, 1776, when he was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, directed that "it is necessary that every Regiment should be furnished with Colours" and the "Number of the Regiment is to be mark'd on the Colours, and such a Motto, as the Colonel may choose, in fixing upon which, the ...
George Washington wrote in 1799: "...make them believe, that offensive operations, often times, is the surest, if not the only (in some cases) means of defence". [1]Mao Zedong opined that "the only real defense is active defense", meaning defense for the purpose of counter-attacking and taking the offensive. [2]
By BRETT ZONGKER WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the most famous portraits of George Washington will soon get a high-tech examination and face-lift of sorts with its first major conservation treatment in ...
The first US president, George Washington, enunciated a policy of peace through strength in his fifth annual message to Congress, the 1793 State of the Union Address. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He said: There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.
37. “Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.” 38. “Manchester is the belly and guts of the nation.” 39. “You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.”