"These men ran through the fires of hell moved by a force no weapon could destroy: the fierce patriotism of a free, proud, and sovereign people. They battled not for control and domination, but for liberty, democracy, and self-rule."
Gettysburg was devastating for Lee's army. Putting aside the fact that he lost 28,000 killed, wounded, or captured during the three day battle, he also faced a ten day retreat that consisted of almost constant fighting. There were nearly two dozen
If the New England states, and Central States had been willing to make the further compromise, that slaves sold into the western territories would be legally converted to indentured servants under a legal arrangement for the western territories, and
At the risk of being trite, it would be safe to say that America is at a crossroads. The question naturally arises: Which way forward? The answer seems obvious.
Although Hippocrates, reportedly the founder of Western medicine, said, "Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food", medical schools now provide almost no information about nutrition.
Ever since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a question has naturally arisen: What role, if any, did Vice-President Lyndon Johnson play in the assassination?
I attended a classic car show recently and realized why my generation was so happy compared to the current ones. Cars in those days were beautiful and the muscle car element had glorious sounds.
the US is the world's undisputed leading empire and most Americans would agree that, whilst it's going through a bad patch, it will bounce back and might even be better than ever.
Not so, I'm afraid. All empires follow the same cycle.
1770 British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia. Writes in his log book that "what we have as yet seen of this land appears rather low, and not very hilly, the face of the Country green and Woody, but the Sea shore is all a white Sa
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On March 2, 1901, a group of prominent American businessmen, including J.P. Morgan, Charles Schwab and Andrew Carnegie, came together to form the largest business enterprise the world had ever seen.
Here's a film about the 1950s - "The World As It Was- that will tell you a great deal about life in the U.S.A. today, while disabusing anyone of the notion that nostalgia for that mephitic decade is in order, for it was a time when "dem
When writing historical things, I try to include perspective from people who actually lived through the events. And for money issues in the US, I'm able to do that back to about 1905.
EXCLUSIVEGranddaughter of nurse Greta Friedman who was kissed in Time Square in iconic V-J Day photo says she was 'proud' of the image and 'never felt violated' after VA banned 'non-consensual' picture
The top official at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has denied rumors that an iconic WWII of a US Navy Sailor kissing a woman in Times Square will be removed.
Last August, 12-year-old Jaiden Rodriguez was kicked out of a public-school classroom in Colorado Springs after school officials decreed that the Gadsden flag patch on his backpack was "disruptive to the classroom environment."
Amelia Earhart's family speak out for the first time since incredible SONAR images appear to reveal her plane at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean: They want wreck to go to the Smithsonian and her remains to be interred at her birth place