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. 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 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. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.