Edgar C. Singer and his Secret Service Corps pioneered underwater mine and submarine research for the Confederacy from tiny La Vaca, Texas.
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Letter From American History – December 2007
An Election Unlike Any Other Over the course of the next 12 months a […]
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Levittown: The Archetype for Suburban Development
Levittown, Long Island, became the most famous American postwar suburban development. A household name, it was “Exhibit A” of suburbia.
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Daily Quiz for October 4, 2007
He formulated what became known as the Freeport Doctrine.
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Daily Quiz for October 3, 2007
In 1929, King Alexander I renamed this state Yugoslavia.
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Adrianople: Last Great Battle of Antiquity
Although it was fought in the East, Emperor Valens’ defeat at the Battle of Adrianople had its most direct effect on the affairs of Rome’s western provinces. A Roman historian wrote, “No battle in our history except Cannae involved such a massacre.”
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Daily Quiz for October 2, 2007
The Boston Marathon was first run in this year:
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Daily Quiz for October 1, 2007
This Chinese revolutionary leader attended grammar school in Hawaii.
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Daily Quiz for September 30, 2007
The Gnadenhutten Massacre of March 8, 1782, occurred in what is now this state.
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Daily Quiz for September 29, 2007
While searching for gold in Montana?s Yogo Gulch in 1895, Jake Hoover found this: