Subdeacon Joe 24,776 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Fascinating stuff. October 19, 1842 U.S. Naval Commodore Jones, acting on rumors of war with Mexico, captured Monterey, the capital of Alta California. The next day when he learned war was not declared, he apologized then left. Watercolor of the capture of Monterey by Gunner William H. Meyers of the warship Cyane. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library, U.C. Berkeley. #CaliforniaHistory #Monterey Follow This Week in California History on Instagram https://www.jstor.org/stable/41167605?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/time-us-accidentally-captured-mexican-city Quote After realizing his error, Jones gave the city back to Mexico and told his men to stand down. The Mexican flag was raised over the fort once again. To try and patch relations, the Mexican and American officials at Monterey began hosting parties for one another while their respective national governments launched investigations. Luckily, the Marines and soldiers had behaved themselves so well during the occupation that the locals were actually fond of the them. That right there makes me doubt it. Well behaved Marines??? 5 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sedalia Dave 12,002 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 42 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: That right there makes me doubt it. Well behaved Marines??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ozark Shark 358 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 That's great. As a historian, I've never found history boring, but definitely some history professors. 5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Forty Rod SASS 3935 6,903 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Fascinating stuff. October 19, 1842 U.S. Naval Commodore Jones, acting on rumors of war with Mexico, captured Monterey, the capital of Alta California. The next day when he learned war was not declared, he apologized then left. Watercolor of the capture of Monterey by Gunner William H. Meyers of the warship Cyane. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library, U.C. Berkeley. #CaliforniaHistory #Monterey Follow This Week in California History on Instagram https://www.jstor.org/stable/41167605?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/time-us-accidentally-captured-mexican-city That right there makes me doubt it. Well behaved Marines??? Many of us are. If you dispute that 'll have to get rude....and you don't want THAT! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smuteye John SASS#24774 2,608 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Remember, Joe, they were comparing them to Mexican frontier troops and Monterey was the back side of nowhere back then. On the other hand, the Marines do give medals for Good Conduct. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sedalia Dave 12,002 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 59 minutes ago, Smuteye John SASS#24774 said: On the other hand, the Marines do give medals for Good Conduct. Undetected misbehavior. Fixed it for you. BTW Back when I was in the Navy did as well. 1 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twelve mile REB 450 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Question: Who thinks history is boring? Answer: Most Democrats. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trailrider #896 1,733 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 "The Future is the history we don't know yet." - Harry Truman 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 24,776 Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, twelve mile REB said: Question: Who thinks history is boring? Answer: Most Democrats. I would say a large portion of people under the age of 30. I've found about as many conservatives whose eyes roll up in their heads when history is brought up as liberals. But once people get into their 30s, in general, there starts to be a development of appreciation of history. I think a lot of it is how it is taught in schools, and how so little is done to connect historic events to the present. Edited October 21, 2020 by Subdeacon Joe 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 785 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Agreed. Seems history isn't important to today's educators 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dantankerous 4,241 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 7 hours ago, twelve mile REB said: Question: Who thinks history is boring? Answer: Most Democrats. Naw, they think history is fluid and maleable and alterable, something to be used to distort reality for political gain.. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
czhen 29 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Boring, no never; as much you know about history the less mistakes you will do in life. Many acts of actual life are just similar reflections of past events. Industrial developments, wars, epidemics, economy, health are cyclic events btw I have not see something new in many years. The issue is we have a very short life spam (even is improving very well last decades) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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