The Research History class at Washington High School is working to see that their […]
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Will Biographers Ever Get out of a Rut?
Biographies of Civil War generals have appealed to generations of Americans. Famous commanders often […]
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Staying the Course at Gettysburg
Lincoln’s remarks gratified the war’s proponents and silenced his critics
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Trial by Fire at Coral Sea
In the spring of 1942 Adm. Chester Nimitz was a relatively untried commander who was forced to match the battered remnants of the U.S. Pacific Fleet against an opponent flush with victory.
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Singapore 1941: Fall of the Gibraltar of the East
In only 70 days, Japanese troops on bicycles sidestepped static defenses to capture the Malay Peninsula, and in an audacious ruse convinced the British to surrender Singapore.
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Daily Quiz for January 21, 2010
This man was commander of French forces on the front lines at Waterloo.
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Executing Justice
Confederates accepted capital punishment as a necessary evil on the path to independence.
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Daily Quiz for January 20, 2010
When the Texas Revolution began in 1835, this was the ratio of Americans and other immigrants to native Mexicans.
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Daily Quiz for January 19, 2010
This leading character in a popular TV Western series of the 1950s first appeared in a short story by O. Henry.
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Daily Quiz for January 18, 2010
This man said, "History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead."