On May 8, 1792, British Captain George Vancouver sighted and named Mount Rainier, Washington
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Also on May 8, 1792, Congress passed the second portion of the Militia Act, requiring that “…every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years be enrolled in the militia.”
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Today is also the birthday of Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek.
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The feature article today is a guest post from our friend Jennifer Rader — a name that should be familiar to SurvivalBlog readers. We recommend her books.
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We need more entries for Round 124 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [1]. More than $984,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 124 ends on May 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [2] 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 [3]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.