User:Yankee97

Hello! My name is Yankee97, or just Yankee. I am a history buff who loves to talk about all things having to do with Geography, History, and Vexillology.

Sandbox
 * Barras' Folly
 * Carpe Diem

Favorite Quotes
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." 

"Rancor and bigotry, racial animosity and intolerance are the deadly enemies of true democracy. There can be no friendly cooperation if they exist. They are enemies more dangerous than any external force. For they undermine the very foundation of our democratic effort." 

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." 

"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well." 

Contributions
Bold = Current Work

Timelines I Currently Own

 * Carpe Diem - A World where multiple divergences occur to create a world that is similar yet different (current work)
 * Coin Toss - A World with multiple divergences (postponed)

Timelines Up for Adoption

 * Competent Kerensky - Alexander Kerensky Competently leads Russia out of the chaos and into a new future of democracy (adopted by Alexander of Volzhsky)
 * Pursuit of Meade - General George Meade follows through on Lincoln's orders to engage Robert E. Lee following the Army of Northern Virginia's retreat from Gettysburg (awaiting adoption)
 * Iturbide's Betrayal - Agustín de Iturbide remains loyal to the Spanish Crown and goes on to defeat the Mexican revolutionaries (awaiting adoption)
 * Three Pale Blue Dots - A series of astrological events occur allowing for Mars and Venus to support life (awaiting adoption)

Ideas

 * Barras' Folly - Paul Barras, President of the French Directory, orders the French Navy to be more aggressive in their engagements with American merchant ships and eventually the United States Navy. This sparks a war between the United States and France.
 * Hamilton's America - Alexander Hamilton survives his duel with Aaron Burr in 1804 and goes to be elected President of the United States in 1808.

Favorite ATL's

 * 13 Fallen Stars
 * 1963: No Dallas
 * Alternity
 * Bolivar's Dream
 * Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum
 * Divided Japan
 * Great White South
 * King of America
 * Napoleon's World
 * New Union
 * No Belgium
 * No Napoleon
 * President McCain
 * Russian America
 * The Viscount Has Fallen
 * Their British America
 * Two Americas
 * Venusian Haven