This Week in History:
As we prepare for the semiquincentennial celebration of the Declaration of Independence, Americans reflect on the meaning of our liberty and independence.
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Happy birthday to actor/director Mel Brooks [1], who turned 100, on Sunday!
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In June, 1786, Bishop Alexander Macdonell [2] and more than 500 other Roman Catholic highlanders left Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
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June 30th is the anniversary of the tragic death of 19 hotshots in the Yarnell Hill Fire [3] in 2013.
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June 30, 1908: A giant fireball, most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteor, flattened 80 million trees near the Stony Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, in the largest impact event in recorded history.
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A reminder: SurvivalBlog is now posted Fresh Every Tuesday [4].
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The big Independence Day sale on all of our blackpowder guns and all of our single-shot pre-1899 rifles and pistols at Elk Creek Company [5] will end at midnight Eastern Time on Monday, July 6th, 2026. Place your order soon!