Through her poem in bits and pieces she mentions that she is sad by the burning of it, but knows that she'll recover. When the new house comes up she is glad, and even seems to love it more than her old house.

Translates to:If you find this letter, and are sad that I'm gone, kiss the papers and know that we'll be together. Or at least that's what I think it means. If it is, she really foresaw much to happen. Or at least wanted the last word when when was gone.

That is the hope I've got with this information. That form the past the best ideas and ways of our culture can be maintained and survive while we sift through and cut out what's working against it. Of course this is just my opinion, and many people have their own versions of what a "Perfect America" is.

Pretty sure they mean everyone on earth. But will everyone on earth listen is a different story.

Yet another person I had to watch a documentary over. What it said about him was that he was a third party member, that while technically a little more conservative, was still trying to be moderate and opposed both Liberal and Conservative policies. He died more recently.

So essentially relying on fund raisers for his money?

I watched a documentary about this in high school, and at a certain segment a cop or somebody was over the phone with the passengers who were held hostage. He asked her to tell his family he loved them before she heard him say in the distance as he was putting the phone down "Alright people lets do this" with some clatter or noise heard after. Brave people, RIP.

Again this just shows how much of an impact the Conservative Reagan era of the 80s served as. To the point where the Democrats even agreed it was a good change back. As far as my knowledge of unifying a overall bi partisan country, that has not happened a lot of times.

I wonder what things would have been like if Reagan won the election earlier rather than later. If the big conservative Renaissance would have occurred as big as it did.

I've always heard stories through my parents and various other sources about how great the 80s were. Both my parents were alive during the Jimmy Carter years and were in high school by the time the 80s came around and they claim there was a significant difference between the two eras. From any and all footage, MTV, or anything else that I've seen of it those years seemed really interesting. It really left an impression of being an age where the right way was always taken and it was a grand time for the every-man. Out of all the eras this is the one I kinda wish I could experience.

Ronald Reagan made an impression on the presidency. He not only achieved a revival for America and it's people from a depraved era but also set a standard for current conservatives,

RIP Freddie Mercury, there might have been a few things I disagree with in your style, and I may be a Zeppie fan, but long live Queen.

Gorbachev seemed like very differant kind of Russian. Unlike many of his predecessors he seems more tolerant and even wanting of a democratic system. He also doesn't seem to posses any of the Soviet prejudice towards capatoltism.

So in general the whole reason people elected him was because he was the exact opposite of Nixon or most politicians of the day. A everyday man with no major runnings or campaigns and had nothing bad stuck to his name. A clean slated start to establish better trust between the people and the government, even though I've also heard some not so good things about his presidency.

Around this time in the late 60s a writer by the name of David Morrel saw footage of American soldiers fighting on the front lines of Vietnam, and it instantly transferred over to a protest that was occurring in another part of the U.S. In combination with several interactions with U.S soldiers back from the war he wrote a very famous novel that came out in 1972. It went through a lot of studios and script rewrites before it came out as a famous action movie in 1982. Can you guess what it is?

Two polar opposite sides of a coin, MLK using non-violent methods to show that they meant no offense or were willing to come to a peaceful agreement, and Mal X who wanted self defense or more militant actions against establishments. Ultimately however it seemed like MLK made a much bigger impression on the public and earned a much more solidified and respectable position in history. Where does that leave Mal X?

Famous prison that was so tight and secure it was thought that no one would be able to escape it. Until a guy named Morris and two other prisoners escaped through means and real life tricks that you'd think it was out of an ocean's 11 movie.

The American revolution had more of an impact than in the sense of just affecting the colonies. I get the sense that a lot of countries looked to the revolution we underwent and wondered what it was that we did right, and how from thirteen minute and miniature colonies to the current power it is.

This was some scary stuff, mind control and high grade espionage before James Bond was a thing. For starters this led to the kidnapping of American citizens which were used as guinea pigs. It was a three step process, starting with electric shocks to the patients to break down their will and resistance, then they would strap helmets onto them with microphones in them playing recorded messages that repeated over and over again programming in new commands. The final phase was to ensure no memory of the event, this was accomplished by putting them under a sleep that would last over 30 or so days under various drugs and medications. You could say the programmed word, they would do the action, and have absoluely no memory of doing it.

If I remember a magazine I read correctly Billy Graham actually helped MLK on some of this stuff. Fun fact.

Easily trumping all other trials that were dirty and poorly handled. Even in the simplistic terms the evidence presented, and probably their boastful bull hunk suggested they committed a crime, with malicious intent, and had the presented motive being racist beliefs gone ape-crap. In all sense they should have gone to jail.

So it apparently was so high an emergency that the governor called the national guard to prevent the students from coming in. What does he think? That they were carrying mg42s or something with mortars or tanks? Their kids, and there were just nine of them against 10,000. At least he wouldn't have to worry about outnumbering them.

So the usual number of cars in a family would usually number 2 or rarely 3. Nowadays it seems each families number is 4 or some other crazy number.

There are plenty stories told about how people were so desperate to get to the American controlled side of Berlin that they ran and crossed the border at night. Having to avoid mines, barbed wire, spotlights, and guards with rifles aimed at whatever moved.In fact a interesting bit about this is that one particular escapee of east Berlin was a boy named John kay. Who later in the 60s formed Steppenwolf, and I remember he mentioned something about his escape through to western Berlin.

This I think did more than what it was designed. At beginning of all the events that brought about WW2 Germany had been smothered in reparations and poverty. Hitler saw that and took advantage of it leading to the totalitarianism reign he subjected them to in combination with other tactics. When we started assisting in the rebuilding that brought the people out of desperation and dissuaded them from thinking history was repeating itself. Not that it was purely for that reason that we helped them but I think by helping it prevented another dictator to rise and point out the fault.

So even Churchill was skeptical of Stalin back then. Probably had that skepticism at the start of WW2 but it started getting bigger as the war drew to a close. Like everyone in the allies were more nervous toward the Soviets than they were toward the U.S.

If Roosevelt had survived I wonder how things might have turned out. Would we have come to an agreement with the Soviets and avoided the Cold war? Or would things have gotten worse or remain the same?

In translation it meant we never fully attacked the Soviets but we did it behind the scenes of many of the major conflicts that occurred. Korea was something of a draw, Vietnam we lost in, and Afghanistan Russia lost in.

This is where a lot of the foreign aid or wars began to take form, with Korea and Vietnam being two very big examples of a war fought behind the scenes in which we claimed we were there to help the people but were ultimately interested in halting the spread of Communism. Same happened to the Soviets in Afghanistan when we helped the mujaheddin fighters.

Soon enough Stalin would get his hands on this super weapon, and a thing called deterrence would come into play a lot during the Cold war.

Pretty sure that was the normal feeling that passed throught all their minds as they came to these places.

Goes to imply that it was hygienically claustrophobic and the wall were so thin it was basically for visual privacy if for just a separator for the rooms.

Most if not all the camps I've heard about were in a desert climate. Chosen for their isolation and desolation most likely.

On one hand their friends probably didn't like what they were hearing about the camps and the immigrant kids moving to them, on the other hand the paranoia and fear induced from media/parents/propaganda probably got to them.

The parents I can get, they might have still had ties with the old country, but the seconds were still born in America and were under the protection of the U.S constitution. For the time it seemed as though a lot of paranoia and fear gripped the U.S over the Japanese immigrants and they just didn't want to take any risks.

In context the Russians seemed to be hanging on by a thread. The Germans were at the gates of their capitol cities and surrounded them with tanks, troops and vast amounts of artillery. The Russians were essentially on the brink, yet they pulled through and even managed to turn the tables and launch a later offensive. One thing that still amazes me about all this is the 827 siege that took place and how the Russians tolerated the time spent locked in.

Despite the atrocities, and several people wanting to help America was still in the end times of the Depression and were questioning many things. Is it right for us to enter in on a foreign war like we did in the last one? Can we win it like the last one? And do we have the resources to do it? Not to mention the horrors that WW1 brought were still fresh, and this war on the horizon seemed like WW1 on steroids.

I always thought it was because he believed that the Jews somehow betrayed the Germans in the first WW that spawned his hatred of them, along with the move of giving the people something to hate to motivate them into following him.

In English from the German's point of view this was a revival from the years of depravity and poverty that plagued them since the early 20th century. Not to mention Hitler was everything they wanted out of a leader: originating from the lower classes, a war hero from the first WW, charismatic and plain speaking, and backed his promises with action. Although later on the German people would see him as a tyrant like everyone else at the moment he seemed to have the answers to all their problems.

With the combined casualties on all sides, civilians and soldiers, I though it would have been a lot more. I mean consider the Russians and Jewish deaths that happened with the German casualties, that along with the other world-wide deaths is close to if not above a billion people.

There was another book that came out around the time of the depression by a guy named F.Scott Fitzgerald called "The Great Gatsby", one of those books that was a failure back then but gained popularity over time. Apparently about the riches and wealth of the 20s, yet came at a time of poverty.

Must have been so big a storm it would put a lot of modern day weather conditions to shame. To the point where you couldn't even see your hands, could suffocate you, or bury you alive in sand.

Why would the U.S stop taking their own farmers products and take european in their stead? Kinda thought this was the age when "American only" was the kind of stuff people bought in the U.S.

So Hoover was so pro business he rejected the requests of men who fought for the U.S during WW1.Wonder what his cabinet thought of this, whether there were those that looked at it and though "What the heck are you thinking?"

By now his popularity had plummeted through the dumps, people hated him to the point of calling the shanty towns they lived in Hoovervills, so why did he think they'd reelected him.

How exactly can you convey a economic message in a musical regarding the stock market? And not to mention ironic that it came after the crash.

Don't know exactly what his point was here. Was he saying inventions present new problems like how this situation is a result of our version of capitalism? Or something else.

Making it sound like Roosevelt was proposing to change the whole constitution or the whole system of government, which was not the case. The new deal was meant to only get people back on their feet, but the one thing I can agree on is that it probably could have been taken out when it's purpose was done.

Basically saying to the American public who are suffering to poverty at the time "No we won't be giving out money to help, we are waiting for the whole economy to repair itself". I don't know if that would have happened or not but most likely he foresaw that most of the public would disagree with this and want an immediate response.

Republicans:Don't change the system Democrats:Change the system or implement new function

The main argument used by the right in the years that follow. Kinda ironic that at the same time this is when a massive Democratic move and agenda was coming into play, almost mimicking the things happening nowadays except back then it's purpose was economic stability to balance a entire economy.

Cold War

What knowledge? How would the older generation contribute to the Flapper movement?

The following decade of war and changes would validate this as a true statement.

Exactly what constituted being a successful flapper? To dance great? To look as femininely wild as possible? Or demonstrate your over the top behavior in the most outspoken way? In any case it seemed more a movement and side thing women did in their spare time and not a full blown career.

In the near future some 3 decades later this would be brought up again in the 50s with the return of WW2 vets and the rise of the Baby Boomers. A want to return to the everyday activities and public events without any crazy stuff happening.

Kinda interesting, the part where their violence and harassment expanded beyond racism to unions and booze smugglers. Thought their main and only thing was to be as horrible as they could to blacks.

How exactly did that work? It was out of U.S jurisdiction and probably didn't operate in the same manner of American politics. In fact did they even have the right to vote in a neighboring territory? Probably not.

The moment when a lot of things came into question. Is it wrong to teach children something that contradicts core beliefs that had been with us since our founding? Is it wrong to deny it's teaching? Issues that still are continued today.

Which would later turn and evolve into Blues, then Rock and Roll.

Kinda ironic that later in history this would be one of the excuses or reasons for launching wars in North Korea and Vietnam, to halt the spread of Communism and introduce democratic ideas.

Message behind all of this is to never be blind to the fact that America has done a few wrongs or injustices in the past despite the good we've done by others.I would argue though that the military would have it a little hard by this because they often are put in situations where it's been ordered by someone else, and they have to follow orders.

Talking to the U.S government at the time and probably Wilson as well for the fact that only 6 months after his inauguration he asked congress to declare war even though his slogan said otherwise.

A question still asked today.

About 3 months before WW1 ended.

Truth be told and I think I mentioned this before but I didn't know there was a scare before the one that occurred in the 50s, but apparently communism started to poke it's head into America way before that time.

Kinda thought the punishment would be a more exuberant amount or life in prison for sedition or anarchist motive.

I get the feeling this was revised in a later date, because half of this wouldn't be tolerated nowadays.

There was actually a crazy rumor that went around that one of the royal family members in the Romanovs, a girl named Anastasia, survived the Bolsheviks assault and was still at large. Later however this was shown to be wrong.

War before hand was always fought with either swords or guns with very limited ammo, this war however brought around the use of tech that caused nightmarish stuff. Like heavy machine guns, gas, and various other inventions.

Had no idea that happened.

When bankers and industrialists had a giant say in things it seemed like they were more motivated by the end result of the war, being the profits instead of the good/evil aspect of things.

I used to think that the whole socialist/communist party didn't reach the attention or fear of the U.S until later in the fifties with Senator McCarthy, apparently it came way earlier and were somewhat the early sign to a future war of ideas.

Respectable and honorable from what I've read in this.A figure to be admired for his work trying to improve life.

I never have, and still can't understand why they hated colored people so much to the point of cursing the constitution, which outlined that all men were free.And it is true, and most weren't wasting their freedom on any of the injustices they were blamed for.

Kinda the same thing we as a nation are facing among the other things today.The topic of maintaining a manhood among other nations and showing we can be mature and tough.Among the citizens as well with most boys wanting that balance of smarts and brawn.

I never knew the YMCA was connected at all to this whole idea of "MANLY" culture, I always thought it just started one day when a gym fanatic said "Hey about I build a place where people can work out."

One of those moments or times when we look back at it and think about the hypocrisy that went on.

Never knew Mark Twain was a prominent out speaker during the time.

The news certainly has a long history of pulling sick(crapish) pranks on the public.

There was a phrase Roosevelt used in correlation with this, "Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far".The translation if I remember correctly is the use of extreme force if diplomacy fails first.

Kinda ironic that years later, in the 1960s this would lead to perhaps one of the most well known crisis in history.

To this day I think we're still dealing with this.Should we as a nation act as the worlds's police and maintain a dominance over countries in the process?Or would that be unethical, tyrannical, and going against everything we stand for as a democracy.

That is poaching to the extreme.From over 10,000,000 in population herds and all, to only a few hundred.I know it took place in about 3 decades worth of hunting but still, counting breeding seasons this sounds nasty for a species.

Romanticists, authors and people who take an idea or topic of a certain era and add larger than life qualities to it to make it seem mythical.Like the cowboys and their sharpshooting and rodeos, out of place or unusual female roles in stories, or the mystic native chiefs and the relatively mysterious culture of the natives.

Funny enough, like most people growing and seeing cowboy movies with the image of gun-slinging riders stuck with me until later on.When I finally learned that in reality they were pretty much just security for cattle drives.

Kinda crazy to think just how long the railroad workers hammered away to get the railroads in.Not to mention the distance for which they had to do it all the way form east coast cities westward to California.

Until the industrial era where most big business and not just the railroad industry received federal approval and support.

This I think was one of those moments in each of the individual members minds when they either realized things were being taken too far to the point of anarchy,or that they simply didn't want others to think of them as murderers.

A more toned downed version of the Knights of Labor?

Doing the math, over 90% of the whole combined assets and wealth of the US were in the the pockets of the top elites. Does that mean only 10% of all cash and assets reached the every man?Cause that's kinda a scary thought.

If I'm translating this right I understand that Frederick Taylor was the essential architect for bringing the assembly line into the mainstream of production. Question is, how did he find that out for himself?

The police, the state militias, and federal troops put the strikes down. But what about the general populace? What was their take on the whole situation as the only two that seemed to be gong at it was the industrial workers and authority figures.