Join Discerning History next week on our free online Europe Tour! Stay tuned to this blog for audio lectures and…
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"When my brother and I built and flew the first man-carrying flying machine, we thought that we were introducing into…
One of the greatest horrors of the Great War was the poison gas. One British soldier, defending Hill 60 in…
http://allthingsliberty.com/2015/04/visiting-bostons-liberty-tree-site/
With the Civil War quickly winding down to a close in April, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln began to look ahead…
Today is the 150 anniversary of the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House,…
The story of the last Confederate victory during the Civil War, as Johnston tried to stop Sherman's advance.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/62285/how-brilliant-intelligence-officer-used-monopoly-free-wwii-pows
One of the most contentious issues today about the Civil War is that of “Black Confederates.” Proponents of Confederate heritage…
Every man was born for some purpose and if it is my lot to leave earth on the battle field,…
The wreckage of World War II. Taken in Lunebach, Germany in March, 1945. From the National Archives.