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Along with expedition leaders Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, was the corps of discovery, a specialty established unit of the United States Army. It was a diverse group. Many had previously served in the army, and a handful had valuable experience as boatmen. But only one, perhaps the most unique of the lot, was called Seaman.
On February 2nd, 1980 the first details of what would be recognized as one of the greatest scandals of the era were released. According to the FBI, eight sitting members of the United States congress had been implicated in an investigation of political corruption.
When Communist China decided to intervene in the Korean War in December, 1950, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the People’s Volunteer Army drove UN troops below the 38th parallel. Less than a month later, in late January, 1951, UN troops of General Matthew Ridgeway’s 8th army prepared to counter attack.
Each year, based on age and law and international convention, old copyrights expire and once protected works fall into the public domain. Animal Crackers, the second major motion picture to feature the Marx brothers, disappeared for nearly a quarter of a century, and parts of it were nearly forgotten for 86 years, and today it belongs to the public.
