One such gem is a Civil Defense "scare" album called THE COMPLACENT AMERICANS that simply must be heard to be believed. This LP - with its bright orange mushroom cloud cover and its hyperbolic advisories to sensitive listeners - could well have been produced by that genius of exploitation William Castle. But actually it was recorded under the stately auspices of the Office of Civil Defense, a sub-branch of the U.S. government (later replaced by FEMA).
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Category: PSA’s, War, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1960s
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Category: War, Europe, South America, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Love & Romance
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Category: War, Comics, 1960s, Asia
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Category: Animals, Inventions, Photography and Photographers, War, Twentieth Century
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Category: War, Environmentalism and Ecology, Books, Nineteenth Century
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Category: Holidays, Music, War, 1960s
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Category: Violence, War, Vegetables, 1970s
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Category: War, Weapons, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s
James Wyman Johnson attended a Union army recruitment meeting at the Vail country schoolhouse in October 1861, about five months after the start of the Civil War. As he was mowing with his scythe the next morning, he decided to enlist. When he returned to the house, he hung his scythe in the small tree, about 8 inches in diameter and just a few feet tall, near the kitchen door. He told his parents he was going to enlist and remarked that the scythe was to stay hanging on the tree until he returned from war.... He died on May 22, 1864, from his wounds and was buried in an unknown grave.... Years passed and the handle fell away, the tree grew and gradually surrounded the blade. The long scythe blade only protruded a few inches outside the mammoth tree trunk.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 03, 2023 -
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Category: Agriculture, Death, Family, War, Fables, Myths, Urban Legends, Rumors, Water-Cooler Lore, Nineteenth Century
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Category: Propaganda, Thought Control and Brainwashing, War, Children, Cartoons, 1940s, Europe
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