Welcome to another long holiday weekend! Monday is... ...and honor those who died serving their nation in wartime . At the end of this post, you'll find a selected... ...at Only Happened Once, and in third place was Why Americans Hate Taxes. It's not too late to join in the conv... ...ittle’s RaidFive M...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/26/this-week-at-neatorama-105/The ancient Greeks were obsessed with sculpting th... ...h sculpting the perfect male form. But when their civilization died out, bodybuilding died with it. It took a Pr... ...gyms around England. By the outbreak of World War I, Sandow had all but retired from the stage. A n... ...had all but retired from...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/17/flex-appeal-the-father-of-modern-bodybuilding/The following is reprinted from the book Uncle Joh... ...d to name the most important documents in Western civilization , historians almost always include the Magna Carta... ...barons learned of John's treachery, they declared civil war . But the conflict was brief: King John...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/27/the-magna-carta/It’s what makes women wear torturous undergarmen... ...ngs powerful enough to influence culture, trigger wars , and spawn international scandals. 1. Antony a... ...Antony into a helpless puppet. Octavian declared war on the two lovers, which culminated in the Battle... ...Lindbergh, Jr. and Anne Spencer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/23/the-10-greatest-love-affairs-in-history/(Video Link) Though he was only fourteen year... ...k died in 1905 at the age of 105. He was the last American veteran of the War of 1812, so his funeral was a major public event... ...e funeral procession, featuring veterans from the Civil W...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/27/the-funeral-for-the-last-american-veteran-of-the-war-of-1812/This Presidents Day article is from the book Uncle... ...ng it. DESIGN DEBATES Immediately after the War for Independence, the Continental Congress made p... ...interspersed with statues of other Revolutionary War heroes and capped by a classically-inspired statu... ...her sources as well, including blo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/20/dysfunctional-erection-the-washington-monument/The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo... ...Congress. In between, he helped the Union win the Civil War by doing what no black American had ever done before -he commanded a naval vessel... ...saved $700 of the $800 purchasing price when the *strong class="mat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/15/the-first-black-american-sea-captain/By August 1865, the American Civil War was over. Many Southerners wanted to restore some...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/30/letter-from-an-ex-slave-to-his-former-master/Last year marked the 150th anniversary of the... ...he 150th anniversary of the first gunshots of the Civil War -and the first gunshot wounds. As it turns out, t... ...st gunshot wounds. As it turns out, the bloodiest war in American hi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/20/five-medical-innovations-of-the-civil-war/The following article is reprinted from The Best o... ...the most recognized holiday character in Western civilization . A MAN NAMED NICHOLAS In the fourth century... ...Santa legend...as well as the best-known poem in American history. Now Santa had a personality and a mis... ...Claus bringing gifts...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/19/the-evolution-of-santa-claus/
