A list of all of Doc Werlin’s writings pertaining to history.
Of all the military bugle calls, none is more easily recognized or more apt to render emotion that the call Taps. The melody is both eloquent and haunting and the history of its origin is [...]
“The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause is stronger than all the hosts of Error” William Bryan, 1896 In 1896, the Democratic Party the traditional minority [...]
I had not thought seriously about the relevance of the Magna Carta since junior high school until reading Justice Sandra O’Connor’s reference to it in her recent book about the Supreme Court. Ms. O’Connor felt [...]
Introduction: I am watching the series, Plot Against America that is based upon Philip Roth’s novel. Roth created an alternative history in which Charles Lindbergh, an admirer of Nazi Germany and an isolationist, defeated Franklin [...]
Question: If you could live life forever, would you and why? Answer: “ I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would [...]
If I had been present at creation, I would have given some useful hints. Alfonso the Wise (1221-1284) The gods play games with men as balls Titus Plautus (254-184? BC) Religion change; beer [...]
When John Kennedy in 1961 succeeded General Eisenhower, he assumed office as a cold warrior. JFK had barely defeated Richard Nixon. One of his most successful thrusts against Nixon was the “so-called” missile gap. JFK [...]
One of the many delights in taking a cruise is finding a wonderful city that one might by pass in the ordinary course of travel. Eloise and I truly fell in love with Dubrovnik, Croatia. [...]
It was an old- fashioned lynching, carried out with the help of county officials that came to symbolize hardcore resistance to integration. Dead were three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney. [...]
Spindletop was the greatest oil well ever seen. It is estimated that the well at its peak flowed between 80,000 and 100,000 barrels per day. This gushed marked the beginning of a new age for [...]
On July 4, 1863 the Union achieved two dramatic victories that sealed the fate of the Confederacy. These decisive defeats of the South at Gettysburg and Vicksburg led to a third strike against the rebellious [...]
