Although Abraham Lincoln is best known as president of the United States during the Civil War, he also turned his…
For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it's…
When most people acquainted with history think of the ratification of the Constitution, their first thought is of the Federalist…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQK_yZWUySw Discover the history of a very important military invention - the pontoon bridge. It allowed armies to move with…
It was 60 years ago today, at 11:30 am on May 29, 1953, that climbers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay set foot…
In 1884 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, Civil War veteran and future Supreme Court Justice, gave a famous speech upon Memorial…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9W-P5TWSHQ The 150th Reenactment of Stonewall Jackson's brilliant flank attack on May 2nd, 1863.
Many of you have probably seen the famous advertisement which, as the story goes, Ernest Shackleton ran in the newspaper…
When the nation got word of his treason, they responded violently. He was condemned from all corners. As an early…
This image of the Grant standing outside of his tent during the Overland Campaign became one of the most…
In the last days of September 1781, news broke that shocked America. “Treason! treason! treason! black as hell,”1 wrote Alexander…