On March 22, 1820, U.S. Navy Commissioner Stephen Decatur [1] was killed in a duel.
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Today is the birthday of Benjamin Tyler Henry. (March 22, 1821–December 29, 1898) was an American gunsmith and manufacturer. On October 16, 1860, he received a patent on the Henry .44 caliber repeating rifle. The first Henry rifles were not produced for army use until mid-1862.
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This is also the birthday of Louis L’Amour. (Born 1908, died 1988.) Some of his novels have survival themes. One of particular interest to survivalists is Last of the Breed.
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The sale ends tonight. In honor of Elmer Keith’s birthday, I put all of my percussion revolver inventory on sale, [2] at Elk Creek Company. Every cataloged percussion revolver has been discounted. This sale ends at midnight Pacific Time tonight (Friday, March 22nd, 2024,) so get your order in today!
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We are nearing the end of Round 111 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3]. We’re still in need of entries to post. More than $875,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [4]. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 111 ends on March 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [5] 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.