Lex Anteinternet: Vietnam (Huế)

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Saturday, March 15, 2025

Saturday, March 15, 1975. Abandoning Buôn Ma Thuột and Huế.

Gen. Phu gave up on trying to retake Buôn Ma Thuột and ordered his forces to retreat to the coast.

President Nguyen Van Thieu ordered the ARVN to abandon the defense of Huế, and to retreat southward to defend Saigon. The decision led to a mass civilian exodus.

The war was, effectively, over. The tragedy was not.

It's about this point that eleven year old me really began to take notice of the unfolding drama, although it might have been before that. A National Geographic map of Vietnam was up on my wall, with my color pencil notations of how things were progressing.

Last edition:

Friday, March 14, 1975. Desperate measures.

Labels: 1970s, 1975, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, North Vietnamese Army, South Vietnam, Vietnam (Buôn Ma Thuột), Vietnam War

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Friday, October 7, 1910. The Baudette Fire.

Forest fires in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, destroyed sever towns and killed over 400 people.

Ngô Đình Nhu, South Vietnamese political figure, archivist and brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, was born in Huế. From a Catholic Vietnamese family, he adopted the ideology of personalism to create the Person Dignity Theory. He went from being a bookish intellectual to a key figure in his brother's rise, and was executed along with him in 1963.

Last edition:

Wednesday, October 5, 1910. Madero begins his escape.

Labels: 1910, 1910s, Francisco I. Madero, Mexican Election of 1910, The Plan de San Luis Potosi

Thomas More, counsellor of law and statesman of integrity, merry martyr and most human of saints: Pray that, for the glory of God and in the pursuit of His justice, I may be trustworthy with confidences, keen in study, accurate in analysis, correct in conclusion, able in argument, loyal to clients, honest with all, courteous to adversaries, ever attentive to conscience. Sit with me at my desk and listen with me to my clients’ tales. Read with me in my library and stand always beside me so that today I shall not, to win a point, lose my soul. Pray that my family may find in me what yours found in you: friendship and courage, cheerfulness and charity, diligence in duties, counsel in adversity, patience in pain—their good servant, and God’s first. Amen

"Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms. Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day. He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagination." St. Francis de Sales

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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