A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, he was the first Texas Secretary of War, serving at the time of the Battle of the Alamo and the "Great Runaway Scrape."
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Italy, a Nation Divided, 1943 – 1945
The Italian government switched sides and joined the Allies in 1943, but not all Italians abandoned the fascist cause, resulting in Italians fighting Italians for the rest of the war.
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Daily Quiz for December 6, 2010
This original Buffalo Soldier regiment was deactivated at the end of WWII.
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Daily Quiz for December 5, 2010
He lost his throne and his life following the Battle of Montiel in 1369, ending the Castillian Civil War.
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Daily Quiz for December 4, 2010
This accord was signed by the Soviet Union, USA, UK and France in 1971.
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Find the Cost of Freedom, Part 2
The Allied occupation of Germany after World War II seems like a clear cut case: good triumphant over evil. The reality was a lot messier, and a lot less certain.
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Letter from American History – February 2011
Peter Carlson digs into the history of dueling in America.
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Hail, Lafayette!
The Marquis de Lafayette returned to America, his adopted home, during the contentious 1824 presidential election.
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Interview: S.C. Gwynne / Quanah Parker and the Comanche Nation
Author S.C. Gwynne addresses Quanah Parker’s role in the history of the Comanche Nation is his New York Times best seller “Empire of the Summer Moon.”
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100 Greatest Sports Movies
A list of 100 Greatest Sports Movies of all time, from 1925’s The Freshman to 2009’s The Blind Side.