On April 5, 1722, Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen was the first European to discover Easter Island (aka Rapa Nui) in the southeastern Pacific.
Today is the birthday of Baron Arisaka Nariakira [1] (April 5, 1852 –January 12, 1915), the inventor of the Arisaka Rifle. [2]
On this day in 1614, Pocahontas married John Rolfe which ensured peace between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians for several years.
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Today’s feature article is a guest post by our friend and fellow blogger and American Redoubt resident Brandon Smith.
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We are seeking entries for Round 118 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3]. 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 [4] 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 [5]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.