Abraham Lincoln did not issue the Emancipation Proclamation until January 1, 1863, nearly two years into the war. Why didn't…
British SAS (special forces) just returned from from a three month patrol in Northern Africa. Taken January 18, 1943.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/science/what-really-killed-william-henry-harrison.html?_r=0
400 years ago today the Indian Pocahontas married John Rolfe of Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Powhatan, the…
This map tracks the change the the mean center of population in the US - the point in the middle…
Join us at the Pry Field Hospital Museum for a tour of the instruments used by a surgeon in the…
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/29/black-death-not-spread-rat-fleas-london-plague
Stephen Douglas was one of the most important politicians during the two decades leading up to the Civil War. Today…
http://allthingsliberty.com/2014/03/favorite-quote/
For years this photograph languished in the National Archives, part of their collection of the works of Matthew Brady, the…
Today is St. Patrick's day, a holiday to commemorate the death of Patrick, a 5th century missionary to island. Like…