Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered" channel.

  1. In all seriousness, where do you find this stuff??? You keep coming up with obscure history. But, your interesting and compelling telling make one wonder "How could this story ever gone untold and be forgotten?" Thank you for retrieving these stories from the trash bin of history.
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  2. As a child, I heard of a mock amphibious landing done on the beaches of Chicago. I never knew when it took place, or even if it did. Kids do make things up. If it did occur, I would like to know about it. If it didn't, I guess I want to know that.
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  3. You said, "..how united the colonies had become..." That unity and communication between them is what bothers me. It took days or weeks to travel from one colony to the next. How unified did they really feel?? If so, how did that happen?? What was the mechanism?? Why should someone in Virginia, or Georgia care about what happened on the Boston Common?? This and other questions make me question the traditional narrative of the American Revolution.
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  4.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  I think much more was going on. The book Slave Nation makes a very good argument that the Revolutionary War done to retain slavery. 1. Consider the Somerset Case and English Common Law. The precedent it set would eventually set the slaves in the colonies free, too. Therefore, the slave owners in the South, and the Slave Traders in Boston wanted to maintain the slave system. Which also explains the Boston/Virginia axis, and why New York was hardly involved. (didn't you ever find that strange? I did.) 2. The book Redcoats & Rebels talks about how King George begged for a compromise, but the Americans stood on principal. WTF??? Yankee traders travel the world making all kinds of shady deals, and they couldn't cut King George a deal??? Something else was going on, IMO. The Colonies had to be free. 3. The rabble rousing across the colonies seemed too well coordinated and funded to be truly spontaneous. Also, IMO. Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, etc.. it seems very well calculated. Don't forget the guy who really signed the Declaration of Independence with his flourishing signature was John Hancock, who is NEVER talked about in history books. Who was he?? -- A smuggler, and one of the richest men. Could he have been financing Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, and other rabble rousers?? Just look at how Fox, Brietbart, and others today are financed by both domestic and foreign monies. There is more to the Revolutionary War than the standard story, IMHO.
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  5. You are one lucky SOB. Lucky to have flown the remarkable SR-7. And, lucky to be alive.
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  6. I like reading grand histories of nations, peoples, and the fate of empires. But, I find the little histories of small events and unknown people to be more touching and moving. Little histories touch my heart or amuse me in ways that grand history never can. I thank you, History Guy, for your little histories.
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  7. I had thought "Windy City" came from a newsman reporting on the political conventions in Chicago in 1892. Both Republican and Democratic Parties held their conventions in Chicago then. Reporting on the endless oratory, the newsman used the term "Windy City", and it stuck. BUT, now I learn that the term predates 1892 by 20 or more years. So, we don't really know with precision exactly when, where, and how the nickname "Windy City" came about. About the ONLY thing we are certain of is that it has nothing to do with the wind.
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  8. Very interesting. History is fascinating. Our current situation will be studied by future historians. They will be fascinated by Donald Trump and The Great Bowel Shift. 🤣🤣🤣😎😎
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  9. I thought Pitcairn Island was the most isolated.
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  10. In reading the comments by those whose fathers couldn't speak of unspeakable horrors, I think it is a shame they cannot relate their experiences. If more were aware of the horrors of war, maybe our politicians would not so blithely and easily send our troops into combat. War is all horror and destruction.
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  11. I hate lawns. I would welcome a great grass blight that would destroy all lawns. That would make ground covers and other plants more popular, increasing landscape beauty while decreasing maintenance effort.
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  12. So, it all comes down to choice. Why people make certain decisions will never be known. Why did the German army allow the British Army to escape at Dunkirk? Or, why did South Carolina decide to fire on Fort Sumter? Or, why do you wear a bow tie?? We shall never know.
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  13. Wow. What a story. Why has this not been made into a move? Or, a TV mini-series?? I think Marvel should make Danjou a member of The Avengers. I am sure they can work around the fact that he died.
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  14. The story I remember (not sure from where) was that Ford Motors liked the Phillips screws BECAUSE they cammed out. It was easier to set a screw to a specific torque. Too high of torque, and the screw cammed out. This protected the machinery AND the product being made.
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  15. Ironic, isn't it, that the uneducated illiterate of the Middle Ages recognized madness in their ruler, while the supposedly educated and informed people of today cannot recognize narcissism, paranoia, and criminality in our president. Trump's character and condition is seen by all, but recognized by few. As the Democrats concern themselves with the legality and procedures of impeachment, Trump degrades, demeans, and diminishes our democracy.
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  16. My God, not once but twice. The first firing is aimed at the ship carrying the president. The second lands in the yard of a commander. Crazy. How? I mean HOW?? Do you find this stuff????
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  17. The American press was partisan and very vicious in the 19th century. Somewhere in the 20th century the idea of "objective journalism" took hold. It is what I grew up with as a child. Newspapers were expected to check and validate their facts - a much different policy than what was done in the early times of our country. Now, we seem to have gone back to that era. FOX News does not even attempt to practice "objective journalism". FOX and other right wing Republican media regularly invent "facts" and distort the truth. We are moving back to an era when all news outlets were identified by their party affiliation. The Chicago Tribune being Republican, and the Chicago Sun-TImes being Democrat. Now the media will not only back the partisan hack of their party, but will ignore crimes committed, and evil acts done by their chosen candidates. Look at how the media have ignored Trump's abuse of power, and his theft from sub-contractors that worked on his real estate developments. We have entered a dark time when statesmen will not be seen. Politicians now lack loyalty to our country, and are willing and eager to make deals with foreign enemies to get assistance in maintaining their position and power. Poland was once led by nobility that sold out their country for money and promises. This led Poland to being partitioned and taken over by its neighbors and disappearing from the map of Europe, until after WW1. As Trump has sold out to Putin, will future "leaders" also sell out to powers to get electoral assistance???? How long can the US survive with such "leaders"??? I am not optimistic.
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  18.  @Cal-cf2vo  You seem to be in the FOX/Breitbart camp.
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  19. I think sea trade existed between Sumer and the Indus River Valley before 2000 BC. My evidence? First, no one knows where the Sumerians came from. They were a people apart, as I recall. I think they came from India.
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  20. Extraordinary! His story should be fodder for movies or mini-series. It is stories like his that has made me cease reading fiction, and concentrate, almost solely, on history. I find the real stories of history to be more fascinating, and often less believable (though true), than fiction. For instance, we are now living through an extraordinary and unbelievable time. Before Trump, no author of comedy or drama could have written a story with a Trump-like character. It would have been too far fetched, too ridiculous, even for a screwball comedy. Who would believe that the party of the anti-Communist Joe McCarthy would support and defend a Russia loving traitor as president??? We are living in times beyond the creative abilities of any authors.
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  21. I think it extremely unfair that a cut of beef gets honored and knighted, and even elevated to royalty in the crown roast, while the poor lamb is tortured on the rack.
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  22. Another great obscure story. How do you find them?? Amazing. Thank you.
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  23. In the "bases for ships" deal, I believe that is where we got Diego Garcia - our main base in the Indian Ocean. This base has been critical to supporting our operations in Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, and the Middle East.
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  24. OIL was the issue. The German goal was first to take Egypt, denying Britain Suez passage, BUT then to move on and take Kuwait, Iraq, and the oil. If that had happened...it would have been a very different war.
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  25.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  True, in that sense it is a turning point. The expanding Muslim world was stopped -- finally. And that makes it a turning point. I guess it comes down to what we focus on as being turned.
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  26. Thank you. I read some history, and in so doing, I had come across John Hay many times in the context of some event or other. However, I never stopped to take a look at the man himself. Thanks for the stop and the look.
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  27. The Erie Canal, I believe, was also responsible for the development of Chicago, and the decline of St. Louis. Agricultural production went up the Illinois, and was shipped to the East Coast from Chicago. For awhile, Chicago was the busiest port in the US. The railroads made Chicago the center for trans-shipment, where goods were transferred from water to rail, or rail to water.
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  28. The hero of America's "Arsenal for Democracy" was General Lucius D. Clay. He was the reason why America was able to so rapidly go into war production. I highly recommend his biography.
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  29. Madagascar?? Really?? What is next? Peru? or, Shangri La, maybe?
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  30. Maybe they used heads for the bowling balls???
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  31. I wish people would stop saying how bad their education was. There is only enough time to introduce basic history in elementary and high schools. Whole histories have to be ignored, and presented histories have to be simplified. IF you have an interest in history that compels you to read histories, listen to channels like this, and even seek out interesting stories and episodes from the past....then your school and teachers were greatly successful. There is no greater thing to learn, than the love of learning itself.
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  32. Gruesome and grim. Actually, this is one story of history that I would not mind forgetting. But, I probably won't.
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  33. Interesting & excellent, as always. Two questions, however..... 1. Where do you get these oddball offbeat topics???? 2. Where do you get the research materials??? With your eccentricities, I am sure you have a very forgiving and understanding wife.
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  34.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Wow, you are a fount of information. Impressive.
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  35.  @freesk8  That's even better. I get to remember the past any way I want, since no one can say I am wrong.
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  36. Interesting. The effects of Prohibition normally centers on cities. This effect on Little Egypt I suspect is indicative of how rural areas were impacted. If other areas suffered similar fates, then the overall impact on the United States must have been monstrously huge. Are there any books that analyze this???
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  37. You should do an episode on Hercules Dousman of Prairie Du Chein Wisconsin. He was Astor's agent, and was significant in dealing with the Indians. He was friends with Black Hawk. An excellent novelization of his life was done by August Derleth a great author from Wisconsin. BTW. Derleth is mostly noted today as the founder of Arkham House and keeping the Lovecraft canon alive. But, he really was better known for his Wisconsin Saga novels of colonial Wisconsin, and his Sac Prairie Saga stories. Personally, I loved his Solar Pons homage to Sherlock Holmes.
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  38. Wow. What a great telling of the event. The way you increased your pace, and elevated the tension in your voice made it sound like it was a present concern. Wonderful.
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  39. A grim but thought provoking episode.
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  40. You mention the Ogallala aquifer. I read years ago how it was diminishing and would soon run out. Is it still being used? Has it run out? Will it ever run out?? What will happen when it does?? What do you think?
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