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Dec 23, 2017 · In what became a controversial campaign, women gave men who they thought hadn’t enlisted a white feather as a mark of shame or cowardice for failing to perform their duty. One problem was that some recipients were in reserved occupations while, in one case, a man received such a feather on the same day as the Victoria Cross.
Jan 11, 2018 · Yes, an Iron Cross first class indicates at least 2 Iron-Cross-worthy actions. The only additional requirement for the Iron Cross first class was that the recipient should already hold an Iron Cross 2nd class.
The result was the red flag with the white crescent moon and star, which is the precursor to the modern flag of Turkey. A plain red flag was introduced as the civil ensign for all Ottoman subjects. The white crescent with an eight-pointed star on a red field is depicted as the flag of a "Turkish Man of War" in Colton's Delineation of Flags of All Nations (1862).
It was this image more than any other that set the appearance of Uncle Sam as the elderly man with white hair and a goatee wearing a white top hat with white stars on a blue band, and red and white striped trousers.
Apr 25, 2015 · @fdb: Additionally, pictures of Jesus as seen in popular and Western culture tend to portray a middle-ages European form: white and thin. It is much more likely that Jesus was dark, broad, and tall. Outside the church of the nativity in Nazareth there are portraits of Jesus from all over the world, depending on from where they came they show Jesus as slanty eyed, or black, or fat, etc.
I doubt that people make conscious decisions to switch between lifestyles based on a clear weighing of the pros and cons. Hunter-gatherers aren't going to say to themselves, "I don't want to become a farmer, they get more infectious diseases."
Dec 17, 2018 · THE LOATHSOME DEN– SEXUAL ASSAULT ON THE PLANTATION white Southerner Mary Chesnut in 1861 as “the thing we cannot name.” Chesnut continued by noting the delusion needed to ignore sexual misconduct: “[E]very lady tells you who is the father of all the Mulatto children in everybody’s household, but those in her own, she seems to think drop from the clouds or pretends so to think.”
Sep 7, 2021 · Rot-Weiss-Rot! Österreich!", usually rendered in English as "Red-White-Red until we are dead!", where "Red-White-Red" refers to the colors of the Austrian flag. The slogan was made famous by the Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg's defiant speech against the Anschluss. However, it seems to be a rather generic slogan to be associated to this ...
Almost immediately, white settlers began to move into the territory. Because the fertile land was so desirable for the white settlers, the 1854 Kansas and Nebraska act resulted in the Indian Territory being split up into three different territories. The two northernmost territories becames the states of Kansas (1861) and Nebraska (1867).
Oct 8, 2014 · The image of Hitler is very well-formed in the modern public imagination: stern, stoic, focused, commanding and intimidating, with a powerful oratory skill and a terrifying ability to stir up passion
