Discerning History

Capture of Fort Fisher! // Hours of Hand to Hand Fighting (Video)

Usually when your fort is overrun by the enemy, it is all over within a few minutes. Not at Fort…

7 years ago

St. Thomas Church in Leipzig

This is St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany. It was here that Johann Sebastian Bach was kapellmeister here for most…

8 years ago

Tabor: A Hussite City

The city of Tabor was founded as a Christian community by the Hussites in Bohemia - modern day Czech Republic.…

8 years ago

Marco Polo’s House

This is the house of Marco Polo -almost certainly the most celebrated resident of Venice. He traveled to China and…

8 years ago

Venice’s Empire

Although we may know Venice as a beautiful Italian city where travel is by gondolas, at one time Venice controlled…

8 years ago

The Roman Forum

This is the Forum, the beating heart of Ancient Rome. It was an open square used for public meetings and…

8 years ago

Lake Trasimene Battlefield

Lake Trasimene, where Hannibal hid his entire army in the hills, then surprised and slaughtered the Romans who were marching…

8 years ago

The Trebbia River

Along the shores of the Trebbia River, the Carthaginian invaders under Hannibal, including African cavalry and 40 elephants, defeated the…

8 years ago

Battle of Trebbia Monument

Today we visited the site of the Battle of Trebbia - the first major conflict Hannibal and his men had…

8 years ago

Sibaud Monument

Monumento Sibaud - a tribute in the Bobbio Valley to the Waldenses' GLorious Return. The Waldenses were exiled from their…

8 years ago

Joshua Janavel’s Muskets

The Waldenses suffered much persecution and faced opposition from all sides. They had to be well prepared to defend themselves.…

8 years ago