Powder and Blade

A blog on history, reenacting and other fun bits from a reenactor trying to figure out his place in history.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

For God and Country

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President Obama and his national security team watch the live feed from the Bin Laden raid on May 2nd, 2011.      Sohaib Athar heard t...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

My Boy Jack

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     18 year old Second Lieut. John Kipling was weeping as he staggered through the mud. He lost his glasses and the pain from the bull...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Shot at Dawn

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     Called “shell-shock” during the Great War, today it’s known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and it is a legitimate battlefield inj...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

What Remains

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 The Somme battlefield 97 years on       "How did they fight the battle with all these monuments in the wa...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The Worst Place on Earth

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When speaking of the Holocaust in Europe , one tends to think of such monstrosities as Auschwitz , Chelmno, Treblinka and others. Today the...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

The Mines of Messines

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     Captain Oliver Woodward wiped the sweat from his eyes and carefully placed the stethoscope to the clay wall in the gallery. Nothing....
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

A Most Valiant Action

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     It was a little after 4:30 in the morning when 33 year old Captain Edward Bradbury roused the men of “L” Battery, Royal Horse Artil...
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