“Soldier Mangled by I. and G.N. Train,” Houston Post, 13 February 1917, p. 7, col. 1.
“[I]t will be beyond the skies when Jesse W. Steele, private, company G, Third Texas Infantry, kisses the lips of that ‘mother o’ mine,’ for Monday Morning at 11 o’clock he got his summons to appear before the Great General in the final court marshal.”[1]
The newspaper article from the 13 February 1917 Houston Post describes how Jesse Steele, traveling home on a ten day furlough from the army, tried to hop on an International and Great Northern freight train. In the stead he fell underneath the wheels and was killed.[2]
I write this while hot, sweaty, covered in dirt and sawdust, and soaking wet. My three year old son is in the same condition, but being this way made me realize how history, our history, is so very important.
The Importance of History
I recently read an article titled, “The Importance of History[1].” This is a great article that shows how history, while fixed and unchangeable, is subjectively viewed by historians through their own view of their current world. The facts of history do not change, but the interpretation of the facts can. Continue reading “History, Our History, is Important”→
