On May 11, 1310, Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar were burned at the stake in France after being declared heretics.
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May 11, 1752: The first US fire insurance policy was issued, in Philadelphia.
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Just One Day Left! The special 10-day sale on all the Elk Creek Company percussion gun inventory ends tomorrow night. Most of these are revolvers for which cartridge conversion cylinders are readily available. This includes a group of five minty Ruger Old Army revolvers that I’ve not yet photographed. Many of those are “Pre-Warning” vintage. We also have special pricing on all of our blackpowder hunting rifles. Most of those are .50 caliber rifles in the quite practical Hawken configuration. Take a look at our Percussion category.
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Today, with permission, we are re-posting a recent piece from the excellent Rural Revolution blog. The blog’s Editrix is Patrice Lewis. You may recognize her name from her novels, or from her nonfiction book “The Simplicity Primer: 365 Ideas for Making Life more Livable“, or from her many columns written in her 17 years with WorldNetDaily.
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We are in need of entries for Round 118 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $950,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 118 ends on May 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.
Read the full article here