In 1998, a plaque was mounted at the entrance to the most famous courtroom in Indiana. Three years earlier, a building contractor had discovered an old steamer trunk in a barn outside Noblesville. Inside were three-by-five membership cards
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“On the brink of a second world war, the United States was the only global power without a centralized intelligence agency. The gathering of foreign intelligence, what there was of it, was relegated to the diplomats and attachés.”
― All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
― All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

“When the doctor was done, Hitler leaped onto a long table positioned smack in the middle of the crowd. His oratorical style was provocative, his language colloquial and at times coarse. He hollered insults at politicians, capitalists, and Jews. He castigated the Reich finance minister for supporting the Treaty of Versailles, a humiliating concession to the victors of the war that would bring Germans to their knees, he warned, unless they fought back. “Our motto is only struggle!” Hitler cried. The beer-hall crowd, a fizzy mix of working-class and middle-class men, erupted—some cheering, some jeering. His controversial speeches fueled attendance at future meetings of the German Workers’ Party, which grew to 3,300 members by the end of 1921, at which point it had a new name, the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, nicknamed the Nazi Party. It also had a new chairman, Hitler, who gave himself a new title: Führer (Leader).”
― All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
― All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

A place where fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester can gather to drink grog and discuss nautical matters pertaining to the Age of Sail, such as ...more

People who love the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey/Maturin series and or people with an interest in Tall Ships. ...more
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