Charles Miller - fought with US Army at battle at Wounded Knee - this photographer took images during and after the Battle. Anyone recognize the insignia? He later became a Mason? Could it be from that organization? /nWTkY.jpg

I found this attached to a rock, on a beach in Western Australia a number of years ago. I cannot identify the Coat of Arms although have looked in numerous sites. The reverse appears to be a Lion Rampant. Could be silver but highly corroded.

I'm writing a fiction work and there is a scene about a young, well-educated, but stormy woman, willing to stretch the boundaries of what's allowed. I'm thinking about making her chew gum in public. The story plays in Vienna of the 1930s. Was it socially acceptable for a decent lady to chew gum ...

Citing two sources, the article Korea under Japanese rule gives the figures showing that very few Koreans who volunteered for enlistment into the Japanese army 1938 – 1943 were actually accepted. Although some would have failed the medical, the acceptance seems far too low for this to be the o...

I remember learning once years ago about a medieval philosophical idea (although I suspect it would be older) that the state of the King was reflected in his lands. A sickly or evil king would have lands with dry cows and few crops. A good king, or a strong one, this was a king who would rule ove...