James Delgado, director of NOAA’s Maritime Heritage Program, speaks to the importance of preserving and interpreting our historic military shipwrecks.
Massacre & Retribution: The 1779-80 Sullivan Expedition
The brutal 1778 Cherry Valley Massacre prompted a wide-ranging punitive expedition that broke Iroquois power
Letter from Military History – September 2011
Should Americans’ constitutional right to free speech extend to lying about one’s military service and honors, or lack thereof?
Daily Quiz for July 8, 2011
Helen Keller dedicated her autobiography, The Story of My Life, to this individual.
The Narrative
A crazy question: what do we really KNOW about World War II? A couple […]
Daily Quiz for July 7, 2011
This first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury and promoter of the England Reformation thrust his right hand into the flames as he was burned at the stake saying, "This hath offended, oh, this unworthy hand."
Daily Quiz for July 6, 2011
This president’s mother was the first to attend her son’s inauguration.
Daily Quiz for July 5, 2011
In 1889, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show star Annie Oakley shot the ash from a cigarette held in the mouth of this world leader.
Daily Quiz for July 4, 2011
The American flag was first nicknamed "Old Glory" in this city.
Daily Quiz for July 3, 2011
The murder of a man from this profession led to the resurgence of San Francisco’s Vigilantes and a war on corruption.
