The artist Winslow Homer was born on March 24, 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts. — On February 24, 1905, the Simplon railroad tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland achieved breakthrough after 7-1/2 years of construction. — February 24, 1971:  Algeria nationalized 51 percent of French oil concessions. — Today’s feature is a review penned by our Field Gear Editor, Tom Christianson. — We are in need of entries for Round 117 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $950,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest.  Round 117 ends on March 31st, so get busy writing … The post Preparedness Notes for Monday — February 24, 2025 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.