March 24th is the birthday of Dr. Art Robinson [1], who was born in 1942. He has done yeoman service to both the preparedness and the homeschooling communities. He was the creator of the very inexpensive Robinson Self-Teaching Curriculu [2]m.
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On March 24, 1964 the Kennedy half-dollar was first issued. Aside for a few that were specially made for Proof Sets is was only the 1964-dated Kennedy halves that were 90% silver. Starting in 1965, the composition of circulating Kennedy halves was reduced to 40% silver. And in 1970, they were fully debased to mere clad copper tokens.
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Today’s feature piece is by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson.
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We need a few more articles for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3]. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 123 ends on March 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.