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History on Purpose
History on Purpose is a study of history from a common sense perspective. Presenting a view of the past that examines the impact of good and honorable events which have helped to advance humanity throughout the ages.
Recent clinical trials with a sampling of readers have demonstrated a 90% elimination of anxiety and harmful mental toxins attributed to the guilt-trip mentality caused by chronic fixation upon the atrocities and “evils” within the historical record.
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Armed Forces Day and America's vigil keepers
Today is Armed Forces Day. Sadly, most Americans may not even realize that Armed Forces Day is even a legitimate holiday. Published 9:04 a.m. May 18, 2013 - Comments
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Cinco de Mayo and the French invasion of Mexico
The Cinco de Mayo celebrations began as an effort to remember the Mexican victory over superior French forces in 1862. Published 9:33 a.m. May 5, 2013 - Comments
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The Boston Marathon Bombing and Patriot's Day
The Boston bombings coincided with Patriots Day, set aside to remember Minutemen facing off against British regulars. Published 10:02 a.m. April 30, 2013 - Comments
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George Washington and the fight for freedom
George Washington was one of the most important Americans in the nation’s history. Published 11:05 a.m. March 1, 2013 - Comments
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Presidents Day or George Washington's birthday?
What exactly do we celebrate on the third Monday of February? Published 5:04 p.m. February 17, 2013 - Comments
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Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln: Creator of the Land of the Free
Abraham Lincoln was a truly great president. Published 4:21 p.m. February 12, 2013 - Comments
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Remembering President Ronald Wilson Reagan
Ronald Reagan lead the Conservative arm of the Republican Party to triumph over the “Establishment Republicans” Published 12:46 p.m. February 7, 2013 - Comments
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Remembering Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FDR steered America through two very difficult times, far away from days of laissez-faire, yet eerily close to temptations of socialism. Published 2:30 p.m. January 31, 2013 - Comments
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Linking the presidential inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Presidential inauguration celebrations have been carefully orchestrated to make the most of linking Obama with the civil rights era. Published 1:58 p.m. January 20, 2013 - Comments
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Benjamin Franklin on indebtedness
“The second vice is lying, the first is running into debt," Benjamin Franklin. Published 7:03 p.m. January 16, 2013 - Comments
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Dennis Jamison
D.A. Jamison is a student of life and for the purposes of this column, a student of history. He is actually paid to teach U.S. History, but is still secretly a student and continues to burn the midnight ...
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D.A. Jamison is a student of life and for the purposes of this column, a student of history. He is actually paid to teach U.S. History, but is still secretly a student and continues to burn the midnight oil digging up the past from dust covered history texts. He now knows enough about the history of the United States to teach it to students of all ages. He also knows just enough about our nation’s history to be dangerous to those who would rather leave the past buried in cobwebs and dust.
As a student of life, he has observed that historical events did not occur within a vacuum or in isolated instances of specific endeavors, although the sharing of history may require a focus upon very specific historical parameters (the exciting vs. the mundane). By the same token, the study and teaching of history does not occur in a clean room. It is often influenced by the frame of mind of the participants. One obvious example occurs when contemporary cultural or moral standards are imposed upon ancient peoples.
Jamison is not only capable of teaching, but has written a number of articles representing his broad interest in the history of many peoples. But primarily, he is still learning new things about old stuff and is willing to share what he understands.
