In the year 9 of the common era, in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, a column of three Roman legions were defeated by a force of Germanic warriors assembled from many tribes and led by Hermann der Cherusker.  This battled is believed to have occured over the days of September 9th through 11th.  The utter decimation of the Roman legions prevented ( Read more... )

I have, through my father's family line, a connection to the Scottish Clan MacPherson and have long been a member of the Clan MacPherson Association.  I was doing a bit of web-surfing, looking for MacPherson related "stuff," and came across a video of the UNC Achordants (the men's acapella group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) ( Read more... )