Over the last few weeks, I’ve been writing about the Italian campaign in Ethiopia […]
Daily Quiz for October 8, 2012
Journalist John O’Sullivan is credited with coining this phrase.
Daily Quiz for October 7, 2012
Eugene Debs ran for president four times, one of them from prison, as this party’s nominee.
Daily Quiz for October 6, 2012
Although born in Connecticut, Maria Sanford’s statue in National Statuary Hall in the U. S. Capitol represents Minnesota and honors her work as this.
Daily Quiz for October 5, 2012
This was the primary Japanese intelligence school of World War II.
Was the USA ever No. 1 in education?
Was the United States of America ever number one in world rankings in education? […]
Daily Quiz for October 4, 2012
Edward Everett, principal speaker at the dedication of the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, had demonstrated his opposition to Lincoln’s 1860 election by doing this.
Photos of LST 325, Floating Tribute to the WWII Generation
Modern and period photos depict LST 325, a floating tribute to those who built, crewed and disembarked from LSTs in World War II.
The Sheriff Who Took on the Apache Kid
From hardy frontier stock and dedicated to law enforcement, Sheriff Glenn Reynolds was called to transport the dangerous Kid (at right) and eight other prisoners to Yuma Territorial Prison
Daily Quiz for October 3, 2012
African Americans, comprising less than 1 percent of the North’s population, were initially rejected for military service, but by war’s end this many had served.
