By Paul Goddard Centuries before armored personnel carriers were invented to transport troops, the testudo military formation was used by the Romans to deploy soldiers into battle. The word testudo is Latin for tortoise. Read more here: http://www.forthright.net/up_for_the_task/testudo_of_faith.html View here (You will be leaving the Park site and going to Youtube.): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMuSyEud3BE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch/v=uvDvwhMM3w&feature=related [...]
By Mike Benson Joel Neal Pinion, my old gardening buddy over in White, Georgia, used to laugh and say, “Mike, growing a garden isn’t just about pulling weeds.” His humor had a point. Having spent considerable time in my own vegetable garden and having observed other growers and their produce, I can attest to the [...] [...]
By Stan Mitchell Black smoke poured out of the upstairs bedroom window, and Sam could smell the acrid combination of a home burning – melting plastic, carpeting, electrical wiring, all being consumed in the hungry flames of his home, literally going up in smoke. Read the rest of the story here: http://www.forthright.net/reality_check/what_we_want_and_what_we_need.html [...]
by Paul Goddard “The shepherd always tires to persuade the sheep that their interest, and his own, are the same.” — Henri-Marie Beyle Read the entire article at this link: http://www.forthright.net/up_for_the_task/hear_the_voice.html [...]
by Barbara Oliver (June 15, 2006) My dad fought in World War II. He never talked about it. Read more here: http//www.forthright.net/olivers_twist/save_your_strength.html [...]