A Century of Service
One hundred years ago this November 11, will make the end of our first great global conflict. The war to end all wars they called it, but sadly in twenty years […]
Carl A. Bogar, Jr.
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 […]
To Revise Or Not To Revise, That Is The question?
On occasion, I have been accused of being a revisionist historian. To these accusations I must confess that I am proud to claim my guilt. Those who claim this about […]
Husbands Survival Guide to military Collecting
The hobby of collecting military artifacts is perhaps one of the oldest areas of collecting and today is big business worldwide. It is also a hobby that […]