US Navy World War II veteran Dr. Benjamin James describes what he saw when Japan surrendered.
Update: The mystery of the true author of the prayer has been solved! It was written by Rev Addison Groff…
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/who-burned-atlanta/
The most turbulent contested election in American history may have been that of 1860. Splits in the parties produced four…
The First Crusade, from 1096 – 1099, was a truly remarkable event. Tens of thousands of soldiers, pilgrims and churchmen…
On March 6, 1776, this poem was published in the Pennsylvania Gazette, as an advertisement to catch a young servant who had…
The most famous of the Confederate commerce raiders was the CSS Alabama, but it was far from the only one.…
http://westernconservatory.com/articles/looking-plague-eye
In the Battle of Chaffin's Farm/New Market Heights, Union troops spearheaded by the USCT attacked Confederate entrenchments held by the…