Each year since WWII this nation has provided a Christmas tree for London’s Trafalgar Square in gratitude for Britain’s support in that war.
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Daily Quiz for December 20, 2010
John Wayne and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt both invested in treasure-hunting ventures at this location.
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Daily Quiz for December 19, 2010
This group claimed responsibility for exploding a bomb in the Pentagon on May 19, 1972.
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Daily Quiz for December 18, 2010
The father of this United States president was stolen from his grave in 1876.
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Daily Quiz for December 17, 2010
During the Civil War, George Armstrong Custer became one of the youngest generals in the Union Army at this age
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Daily Quiz for December 16, 2010
Anthemius of Tralles credited Archimedes with using this futuristic weapon during the naval Siege of Syracuse in 214 BC.
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Daily Quiz for December 15, 2010
While the military term "Broken Arrow" refers to an accidental loss of a nuclear weapon, "Empty Quiver" refers to this happening to a nuke.
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Daily Quiz for December 14, 2010
The guillotine was last used for an execution in France during this year.
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How Do We View The Confederate Soldier
Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf discusses what it meant to be a Confederate soldier.
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Interview: Sydney Schanberg / Beyond the Killing Fields
Sidney Schanberg, a reporter and columnist after the Vietnam War, discusses his career and his efforts to report and investigate allegations that American POWs had knowingly been left behind in Laos by a Nixon administration desperate to end the war.