Today is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga, the greatest Confederate victory in the west, during the Civil…
This Sharps rifle, one of two on display in the Smithsonian History Museum in Washington, DC, was carried by John…
Jackson's map. Photo Credit. One of the greatest artifacts from the Battle of Chancellorsville is this rough map of the…
Swords and pistols on the walls of the governor's palace in Williamsburg, VA. They showed the power and might of…
Reconstruction of the palace of the royal governor in Wiliamsburg, Virginia. During colonial times it was the seat of royal…
The water front of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English speaking settlement in the New World, is dominated by a…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv477V6tKew The National Archives had recently put up a website with the papers of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams,…
Patrick Henry, the orator of the Revolution, wrote this letter to his daughter Anne upon her marriage: My Dear Daughter— You have…
One of the lesser known preachers of the Great Awakening on the 18th century was Samuel Davies. His main ministry…
One of the leading politicians in the first half of the 19th century was John Quincy Adams. Son of John…