Category: History of Horses
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A 4th Century BC War hero.
This week I am focusing on horses who were heroes of war. This one comes from far in the past, a horse from the 4th Century BC. Bucephalus. Here is an excerpt from Kathleen Walker-Meikle’s book “The Horse Book-Horses of Historical Distinction”. “Bucephalus was the beloved horse of the Macedonian general and conqueror, Alexander the…
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Where are the Veterans? Who do we remember?
Leading up to Remembrance /Veterans Day I will be paying tribute to some of the horses who have also served. and will be reblogging some posts. The beginning of this post is my idea of a battle with horses. It is fiction but I feel certain it is close to what actually happened back in…
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Every Horse Remembered – Lest We Forget.
Friday is Remembrance or Veterans Day. I want to focus on the horses who served in Wars. So this is my first reblog post.
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Sand Pounders: Part 2
There were many comments on my post last week about the sand Pounders coastal patrols. Here is some more information .This is taken from an article in Horse Canada magazine, November 2014. Jarman, a World War II Coast Guard beach patrol veteran, just before he passed away at the ripe old age of 40…
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Churchill was not the only famous Winston.
Queen Elizabeth has died and in her honor I would like to reblog this post. She loved horses. The one featured in this post was one of her favorites.
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Compare and Contrast, Then and Now.
Look at this car from the 1950s . No horse could have those colors. Oh…yes they could! Look at this! What about this? What about the coaches that took groups of people from one place to another like this colorful bus? Horses drew “bus” carriages as well . What about the heavy duty transport like…
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Advice for Lady Equestrians (circa 1838)
1838’s Eight Things a Lady Equestrian Simply Should Not Do Do not ride the wrong-colored horse.“Of all colors presented by the horse, none is so rich, and, at the same time, so elegant and chaste, as a bright bay; providing the mane, tail and lower parts of the legs, be black.”“But much white, either on…
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How War Brought a Silver Lining
November 11 we will remember the veterans. Can war bring a silver lining? Here is proof it can. This is a post post that I am reposting here .Please click here to see the full post and find out what happened to the horses that were part of the battles of WW1 i
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The Battle of Greasy Grass was Custer’s Last Stand.
Here is another War Horse Hero who survived the Battle of Greasy Grass aka Custer’s Last Stand. This is a reblog from 2017
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The 4th Century B.C. War Horse
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Horse Soldiers in the 21st Century.
The war in Afghanistan is now at an end but here is the story of a victory that was helped by Afghan ponies! This is a reblog of a post I wrote in 2017.
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Two Purple Hearts, a Presidential Citation and More for Sergeant Reckless!