In 1892, the first professional football game was played in this city.
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Showdowns in MiG Alley
Two wild aerial battles in the fall of 1951 demonstrated that the days of […]
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Founding Father Firepower: Metal Intended for Statues of George Washington Was Used to Arm the Confederacy
Erected in 1796, the statue stood in that same spot during the Civil War when the building served as the Confederate Capitol.
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War’s Song
How Barry Sadler’s “The Ballad of the Green Berets” became the No. 1 single of 1966
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‘Long Sol’: The Pugnacious 6-foot-7 Solomon Meredith Cast a Long Shadow Over the Iron Brigade
Pesident Abraham Lincoln’s grand review of the Army of the Potomac on April 9, […]
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Daily Quiz for May 30, 2017
This candy bar originally had three pieces flavored strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate in one package.
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Daily Quiz for May 29, 2017
For forty years, Sr. Martin Couney had a display of incubators with live premature babies in them at this unusual location.
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Daily Quiz for May 28, 2017
The Golden Flyer was the car two women used to drive across the country in 1916 to promote this cause.
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An ‘Outstanding American Citzen’
Italian immigrant Giuseppe Bellanca pioneered the cabin monoplane design, leading to a long line […]
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GE’s Trailblazing J47
The first American company to develop a jet engine, General Electric went on to […]