Reportedly, inside Arlington National Cemetery is the grave of William H. Johnson, a porter in the Treasury Department whose funeral expenses were personally paid by this president.
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Daily Quiz for January 14, 2015
Dr. Julian Hubbell worked hand in hand with this well-known historic figure
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Sympathy for the Neville
IN MOST ACCOUNTS of the 1930s, he’s the patsy, the slightly daft gent carrying […]
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Why Do Christian Scientists Depict the Crucificion Differently?
Can you tell me why Christian Scientists depict Christ as being nailed to a telephone […]
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Daily Quiz for January 13, 2015
A museum in Le Roy, New York commemorates the creation of this food.
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Daily Quiz for January 12, 2015
The morning after the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" from this location.
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Daily Quiz for January 11, 2015
The Colt Peacemaker, known as "the gun that won the West," originally sold for this amount.
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Daily Quiz for January 10, 2015
On February 10, 1962, the US exchanged the Soviet spy Rudolph Abel for this man.
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Daily Quiz for January 9, 2015
Cole Younger sold these after his release from prison.
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The Mosquito Fighter-Bomber Did It All in WWII, Quickly Amassing a Combat Record No Other Plane Could Touch
De Havilland’s versatile Wooden Wonder racked up an admirable record within a remarkably short timespan.