In director Robert Aldrich’s World War II film, The Dirty Dozen, the bad guys are the heroes—and the sentiment
is pure 1967.
Daily Quiz for July 10, 2017
Chef Hector Boiardi known commercially as Chief Boyardee catered this president’s and first lady’s wedding reception.
Building Boeing’s Bomarc
The Bomarc surface-to-air missile was a Cold War response to the apocalyptic vision of […]
Daily Quiz for July 8, 2017
Ruth Wakefield invented this cookie, a favorite of all ages.
The Traveling Circus: An American Spectacle in Photographs
As the Ringling Bros. closes its curtain for its final show in May 2017, a look at the impact of the great American spectacle
Whose Patent is It?: American Patent Law Denies Slave Creativity
Slave masters owned everything their slaves produced—except their inventions. Realizing its profitability, that concept would soon change in the South.
A Wild Tear Across Virginia
Stoneman’s Raid tested the mettle of the Union’s newly formed Cavalry Corps. Fighting Joe […]
The Fall of the House of Dixie
While Southerners found the ideal of independence appealing, at least in theory, the realities […]
Women on the Warpath
“Bread or blood!” The cry rang out across the South in the starving spring […]
