Photography by John Michael

82,000 Reasons to Remember

John Michael — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:33:27 +0000

82,000 Reasons to Remember… From the millions of Americans that have served in our military and fought the wars to protect the United States and the free world, few people know or remember that many never made it home… The US Department of Defense maintains an ongoing operation to seek out, locate and identify these [...]

Coming Soon – What I did the summer of 2010.

John Michael — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:05:15 +0000

Smithsonian Kite Festival I’ve not had much time to chronicle what I’ve done this summer (Summer began for me in April) … so watch this space for a rather comprehensive view of what I did do… In the meantime, explore the site and read some of the older posts… I’m sure you’ll like the exploring [...]

2010 National Airborne Day

John Michael — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:42:35 +0000

Head to Fayetteville NC on Saturday 14 AUG 2010… Celebrate National Airborne Day at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The public is invited to celebrate National Airborne Day on Saturday, August 14 at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in downtown Fayetteville. This year’s annual National Airborne Day commemorates the 70th [...]

Living in the Present

John Michael — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:34:58 +0000

“One day at a time, This is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past. For it is gone. . . And do not be troubled about the future. For it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful. That it will be worth remembering.” - Anon ©2010 [...]

Horse Soldiers

John Michael — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:03:10 +0000

Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan by Doug Stanton My rating: 5 of 5 stars I couldn’t put this book down, the author presents a great understanding of “Why we fight now…” and how the US Army Special Forces is so great at what [...]

July

John Michael — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:17:58 +0000

A Moon-flooded prairie; a straying Of light-hearted lovers; a baying Of far-away watch-dogs; a dreaming Of brown-fisted farmers; a gleaming Of fire-flies eddying nigh,— And that is July! –James N. Matthews (1852–1910) ©2010 Photography by John Michael. All Rights Reserved..

Happiness

John Michael — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:27:51 +0000

“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” —Thomas Jefferson ©2010 Photography by John Michael. All Rights Reserved..

Happy Birthday US Army Signal Corps

John Michael — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:03:05 +0000

It’s 21 JUN – the Summer Solstice, the most daylight today - more importantly it’s time to celebrate. This year the US Army Signal Corps celebrates its Sesquicentennial: A hundred and fifty years has passed since Congress had authorized the addition of a signal officer to the Army Staff on 21 June 1860. The first signal officer? [...]

Fathers’ Day – It’s 100 years

John Michael — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:20:55 +0000

Thank you Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd! A resident of Spokane, WA – It was in 1910 that she realized that in her own family it had been her father, William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran, who had sacrificed-raising herself and five sons alone, following the early death of his wife in childbirth. She proposed [...]

Waterloo

John Michael — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:47:46 +0000

The Battle of Waterloo, which occurred on June 18, 1815, has given its name to the very notion of final defeat. It ended Napoleon Bonaparte’s harassement of the European continent. ©2010 Photography by John Michael. All Rights Reserved..