WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Upon St. Crispin’s Day “This story shall a good man teach his son.”
byVanderleunonOctober 25, 2019
Saint Crispin’s Day falls on 25 October and is the feast day of the Christian saints Crispin and Crispinian, twins who were martyred c. 286.
It is a day most famous for the battles that occurred on it, most notably the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Because of the St. Crispin’s Day Speech in Shakespeare’s play Henry V, calling the soldiers who would fight on the day a “band of brothers”, other battles fought on Crispin’s day have been associated with Shakespeare’s words. Other notable battles include the Battle of Balaclava (Charge of the Light Brigade) during the Crimean War in 1854 and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific theatre in 1944 which destroyed the Japanese fleet.
I did not know that these other battles also fell on St Crispian’s Day: one in the Crimean War and one in the Pacific Theater, WW II.
Agincourt, a major battle of the Hundred Years War, though an English victory in the end France and England stood as separate nations with identities intact. Standing armies replaced feudal ones, and in meta terms power flowed from kings downward. This is the gravity of history: freedom evolved in Europe. Fat chance on this, now. Islamism is a feudal or medieval-level civilization, isn’ tit? Europeans abed in future will remember when they were a culture, before the great migration from North Africa and the Middle east occurred.
Crimean War: the battle featured in the Charge of the Light Brigade occurs on this day in history. Fuck that! Russia has almost revised the results of The Crimean War (World War Zero), and will rise. Like that shit? Russia will own the Black Sea, and you gotta love those rascally Russians and their cute ways.
The Pacific Fleet, mostly Americans, on this day in 1944 fought the last great sea battle in history, off of the Philippines: Leyte Gulf. To this day the US Navy still doesn’t know exactly each detail of the battle. It was a bar room fight that spilled out onto the street, only on the ocean. Chaotic and big, it was the last battleship fight, and the first kamikaze fight. You gotta hand it to the Japanese fleet for taking their hinky fleet into this surface battle; it was a ballsy move.
WW II kept the west free from Japanese militarism and Pacific dominance by the same. Do not forget that the Japanese, who lost the war, nevertheless killed more civilians than military personnel and this on wholesale levels. While losing! How’s that all-powerful state system sound, now? No thanks, brother. I’ll keep my free speech and my guns, and you can keep the change.
Carry on.
OneGuyOctober 25, 2019, 9:25 AM
It is worth noting that England should have lost that battle easily but for the French over confidence, reliance on tradition AND they picked a terrible site for their battle. The French were all knights wearing 50-70 lbs of armor, the battle field was a muddy morass unsuited for horse or armored man and the French insisted on fighting a “chauvinistic” style best suited for the king’s court than it was for the battlefield. To put it simply the English were lucky and the French were blindedly stupid.
Casey Klahn, the Russians and Muslims still have one thing that we in the West seem to have lost; determination. And they don’t even try to hide the fact that they’re determined to destroy Western Civilization. Western useful idiots have that same determination. Try and defend the West, and you’re accused of being in the throes of multi-phobias. I guess that makes me and many others phobics of some sort. So be it.
Lord love ya man, and a bed in heaven to ya, but this is the kind of thing we need to hear, today and every day !
or as Andrew Breitbart famously said:
Fuck you !
WAR !
FoodogOctober 25, 2019, 6:41 PM
Reminds me of the Band of Brothers WW2 series I just re-watched, and Black Hawk Down, when the Delta sergeant explains to the Ranger squad leader:
Its not about the politics, its about the man to the left and right of you.
Stand together, oh my brothers, and fight.
FoodogOctober 25, 2019, 6:41 PM
Reminds me of the Band of Brothers WW2 series I just re-watched, and Black Hawk Down, when the Delta sergeant explains to the Ranger squad leader:
Its not about the politics, its about the man to the left and right of you.
Stand together, oh my brothers, and fight.
FrankOctober 26, 2019, 3:57 AM
I’ve watched this video numerous times and never tire of it. History only tells us that Henry made a speech before the battle, but Shakespeare’s words in Henry’s mouth captures the spirit of fighting men of all times.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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I did not know that these other battles also fell on St Crispian’s Day: one in the Crimean War and one in the Pacific Theater, WW II.
Agincourt, a major battle of the Hundred Years War, though an English victory in the end France and England stood as separate nations with identities intact. Standing armies replaced feudal ones, and in meta terms power flowed from kings downward. This is the gravity of history: freedom evolved in Europe. Fat chance on this, now. Islamism is a feudal or medieval-level civilization, isn’ tit? Europeans abed in future will remember when they were a culture, before the great migration from North Africa and the Middle east occurred.
Crimean War: the battle featured in the Charge of the Light Brigade occurs on this day in history. Fuck that! Russia has almost revised the results of The Crimean War (World War Zero), and will rise. Like that shit? Russia will own the Black Sea, and you gotta love those rascally Russians and their cute ways.
The Pacific Fleet, mostly Americans, on this day in 1944 fought the last great sea battle in history, off of the Philippines: Leyte Gulf. To this day the US Navy still doesn’t know exactly each detail of the battle. It was a bar room fight that spilled out onto the street, only on the ocean. Chaotic and big, it was the last battleship fight, and the first kamikaze fight. You gotta hand it to the Japanese fleet for taking their hinky fleet into this surface battle; it was a ballsy move.
WW II kept the west free from Japanese militarism and Pacific dominance by the same. Do not forget that the Japanese, who lost the war, nevertheless killed more civilians than military personnel and this on wholesale levels. While losing! How’s that all-powerful state system sound, now? No thanks, brother. I’ll keep my free speech and my guns, and you can keep the change.
Carry on.
It is worth noting that England should have lost that battle easily but for the French over confidence, reliance on tradition AND they picked a terrible site for their battle. The French were all knights wearing 50-70 lbs of armor, the battle field was a muddy morass unsuited for horse or armored man and the French insisted on fighting a “chauvinistic” style best suited for the king’s court than it was for the battlefield. To put it simply the English were lucky and the French were blindedly stupid.
Casey Klahn, the Russians and Muslims still have one thing that we in the West seem to have lost; determination. And they don’t even try to hide the fact that they’re determined to destroy Western Civilization. Western useful idiots have that same determination. Try and defend the West, and you’re accused of being in the throes of multi-phobias. I guess that makes me and many others phobics of some sort. So be it.
I may have posted this before, but the song (Agincourt Carol) is a good traditional commemoration.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UK16e-Emrms
The lyrics don’t match up exactly.
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medlyric/agincourt.php
Lord love ya man, and a bed in heaven to ya, but this is the kind of thing we need to hear, today and every day !
or as Andrew Breitbart famously said:
Fuck you !
WAR !
Reminds me of the Band of Brothers WW2 series I just re-watched, and Black Hawk Down, when the Delta sergeant explains to the Ranger squad leader:
Its not about the politics, its about the man to the left and right of you.
Stand together, oh my brothers, and fight.
Reminds me of the Band of Brothers WW2 series I just re-watched, and Black Hawk Down, when the Delta sergeant explains to the Ranger squad leader:
Its not about the politics, its about the man to the left and right of you.
Stand together, oh my brothers, and fight.
I’ve watched this video numerous times and never tire of it. History only tells us that Henry made a speech before the battle, but Shakespeare’s words in Henry’s mouth captures the spirit of fighting men of all times.