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Grayisms and other thoughts on leadership from General Al Gray, USMC (Retired), 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Compiled by PAUL OTTE “I don’t run a democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general.” Table of Contents From the very…
FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 2, No 8, August, 2023 Mission Honoring the legacy of Carolina Marines and Sailors, inspiring future generations Message from the SE0 We are excited to announce that the Marine Corps has forwarded our site lease request to the Department of Navy for action! We are building a world-class museum! Please see the…
In our American colonial period, the colonies were populated over time by people from various parts of England, from Scotland and Ireland, and there were people here from France, Spain, and elsewhere. For quite some time, however, the majority of the inhabitants of the colonies of British America were from Britain. Of course, there were…
FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 2, No 7, July, 2023 Mission Honoring the legacy of Carolina Marines and Sailors and inspiring future generations. Message from the SE0 It has been said that “Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August”. This applies to the Museum as well! We are aggressively working all…
FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 2, No 6, May, 2023 Mission Honoring the legacy of Carolina Marines and Sailors and inspiring future generations. Message from the SE0 As we start the summer season, we are continuing to make steady progress. While we were hoping to report a decision on the land lease, we remain optimistic that a…
In the last issue of “Front and Center,” we introduced the two understandings of political order that comprise the general structure of American political history. The earlier political order, which may be called “Jeffersonian,” lasted from 1776 to 1861. The later political order, which may be called “Lincolnian,” was firmly in place in 1865 and…
There is a story one hears occasionally about Benjamin Franklin strolling along a street in Philadelphia after the convention of 1787 when a lady, concerned about the future of our country, asks Franklin what kind of government the delegates to the convention had given to Americans. Franklin’s reply to the lady was, we are told,…
