Patricia Ange's Blog, page 19
August 15, 2017
Will Rogers, Wiley Post killed attempting takeoff from Alaskan village
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” Rogers once said
1935 Aug 15, Humorist Will Rogers (55), American comedian and “cowboy philosopher,” and aviation pioneer Wiley Post (36) were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska.
Panama Canal open to traffic – Aug 15, 1914 – HISTORY.com
1914 Aug 15, The Panama Canal opened to traffic. The Panama Canal, a 52-mile waterway, was completed. Some 5,000 workers, just 350 of them white, perished in the American effort.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/panama-canal-open-to-traffic
Tribal Historical Overview – The Taking of the Black Hills
1876 Aug 15, US law removed Indians from Black Hills after gold find. Sioux leaders Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull led their warriors to protect their lands from invasion by prospectors following the discovery of gold. This led to the Great Sioux Campaign staged from Fort Laramie. Gold was discovered in Deadwood in the Dakota territory by Quebec brothers Fred and Moses Manuel. The mine was incorporated in California on Nov 5, 1877, as the Homestake Mining Company.
http://www.ndstudies.org/resources/IndianStudies/standingrock/historical_blackhills.html
http://www.colinmustful.com/sell-or-starve-seizure-of-the-black-hills/
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/sd-blackhills.html
http://m.startribune.com/the-real-history-of-mount-rushmore/388715411/
The Japanese Festival of the Dead: Obon – World Religion News
Buddhist Day of the Dead. When a man went to Buddha, bereaved over a friend’s death, Buddha said throw a party. Buddhists hold carnivals on this day.
The Myth of the Kindly General Lee – The Atlantic
#WhitePrivilege writing History is the reason these lies continued.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/
August 14, 2017
Two Days After White Supremacist Violence, Trump Finally Condemns Hate Groups
Hypocrisy by another name is politics
I understand why 45 finally condemned the (NeoNazi and White Supremacists) hate groups responsible for the violence and terrorist attack in Charlottesville but I really wish he hadn’t gone to the trouble.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-charlottesville-white-nationalists_us_5991cd41e4b09071f69b7d39
How What Happened Here In Charlottesville Was Inevitable
The NeoNazi White Supremacists next door 25-year-old Eli Mosley of “alt-right” group Identity Evropa. “Our people are feeling real good right now,” he said. “We view this is as a civil rights movement at this point. We’re advocating for white rights and white people, who will soon be a minority in this country. This day was a milestone pushing us into our next stage. We had a large turnout.” “We’re coming back to Charlottesville,” he added defiantly.
The Anti-Defamation League said it was the largest gathering of white supremacists in more than a decade.
