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Military Collector or History Buff?
I am somewhat perplexed with the understanding that the hobby of military collecting is strong and growing with younger collectors. These collectors seem to be very intrigued with the hobby […]
Your History Should Stay In Your Family
I am still somewhat surprised and sometime saddened by the military artifacts people will give to us. Sometime, it is because they really appreciate what Historic Military Impressions does and in […]
Should I clean My Artifact?
One of the biggest dilemmas when working with artifacts is how to preserve the item for the future. Most experts will tell you to do nothing and cleaning is bad. In most […]
Every Day is a Bonus
If you have seen an Honor Flight jacket from Wisconsin then you may have noticed on the back it says, “Every Day is a Bonus.” For Richard Dunn, every day […]
When A Flag Sits Upon the Boots
When I work in my office, I look at a poster of a Marine pointing his finger at me asking the question, “If I were accused of being a […]
The Boots of The Hello Girls
When someone who wants to help with our programs approaches me, I ask them to tell me something I do not know. For me, life is nothing more than […]
The Boots Of The Three Regiments
One of the consequences of Charles Darwin’s book, “On The Origins of Species,” it gave birth to a pseudoscience known as Social Darwinism which became one of the justifications […]
The Boots of the 54th
To borrow from our 16th president, its been 7 score and 17 years since the confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina which began the war that would […]
Boots in the Park
Shortly after September 11, the United States went to war; first in Afghanistan and then in Iraq. Within a year, boots began to be displayed in public parks with […]