Since the adoption of the United States Constitution twenty-seven amendments have been passed, and thousands more have been proposed. It…
One of the greatest battles of the War of 1812 was the Battle of Queenston Heights, in which the British…
World War I When Shackleton and his men returned to England, they found that the world had fundamentally changed. When…
When Shackleton and his men finally arrived at Elephant Island, they were finally back on dry ground, but their position…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaFulqGGkwk Theodore Roosevelt became the first president to take to the air in 1910, after he completed his time in…
One of the most famous ships in American naval history is the USS Monitor, one of the first ironclads. But…
The story of the CSS Alabama - the famous Confederate raider that wreaked havoc on the commerce of the north.…
Cross-posted from the Civil War 150th Blog. Although the majority of southerners supported the war effort and voted for secession,…
Right after returning on the Nimrod, Shackleton had declared that he was finished with exploring, and would settle down at…
[youtube]r53JXiFCMYM[/youtube] A walkthrough of the bunker. For a translation, see The History Blog. Workers recently discovered an unfinished bunker built…
After the great tornadoes which struck Omaha 100 years ago, the United States was soon struck again with more natural…
March 23, Eastern Sunday, 1913, dawned a beautiful day in eastern Nebraska. But towards evening the sky began to darken…