American History Archives - Page 24 of 24

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 19, 2012 in Blog, Travel, What's Left | 0 comments

My Great Privilege — Meeting a World War II Veteran

In few more years, they’ll be gone.

Every one of them.

The millions who marched on foot across a continent and who sailed the high seas some 70 years ago are slowly but surely leaving us. They pass away at the rate of thousands per year, which will gradually come to a few hundred, and then to a trickle. In another decade or so, they will be no more.

They are what has been called “the Greatest Generation.”

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Sep 11, 2012 in Blog, Personal, Politics | 1 comment

Remembering September 11, 2001 — At the Pentagon

Writer’s Note: This marks the first time I’ve written about the events of September 11, 2001. I resided at 1201 South Eads Street, located in the Crystal City section of Arlington, Virginia. My ninth-floor residence at The Bennington overlooked the Pentagon. I remember that morning.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Sep 2, 2012 in Blog, Politics, Rants and Raves | 0 comments

Thought for the Day: Throw Out All Immigrants?

The time has come to get rid of immigrants!

That’s right — throw them out!

Who do they think they are — taking over our country?

Millions of foreign-looking people arrive on our shores without ever being invited. They hang onto their old customs. They won’t speak our language. They refuse to assimilate into our society. They take over our neighborhoods. They steal our jobs.

I don’t like what these new immigrants are doing to our nation. Wherever they go, crime increases. Wherever they live, filth and disease follows. They bring guns, drugs, and violence.

Sound familiar?

Oddly enough, these same toxic words could have written back in 1830 by someone else.

I wonder what this man would think about the issue of immigration in America:

This poster shows the face of an Indian chief railing against new immigrants. I thought the poster was thought provoking, so I put my own twist on the issue.