By J.R. Sanders
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Wyatt Earp in Seattle
Gambling was illegal in Seattle in 1899, but three gambling houses […]
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Daily Quiz for August 3, 2007
This American astronaut was nearly killed in a lunar module trainer accident on May 6, 1968.
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William J. Palmer: Forgotten Union General of America’s Civil War
William J. Palmer raised the Anderson Troop, a mounted contingent of elite scouts, then recruited the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry before being sent on spying missions that landed him in a Richmond prison.
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Daily Quiz for August 2, 2007
More than 320 colonists in and around Jamestown, Virginia, were massacred by the Powhatan Indians on this religious holiday in 1622:
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Unraveling the Myths of Burnside Bridge
It is clear that Union general Ambrose Burnside’s failures at Antietam cannot be written off to ineptness or petty insubordination, but what really did happen at “Burnside’s Bridge?”
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Letter From Vietnam Magazine – October 2007
Why have so few Americans ever heard about Billy Walkabout? The Vietnam War had […]
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Air Power in the Siege of Khe Sanh
The airlift effort in the siege of Khe Sanh demonstrated what a well-trained, properly sized and equipped airlift force can do. Aircraft and helicopters allowed U.S. forces to meet all of the varied requirements to keep Khe Sanh operating.
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Daily Quiz for August 1, 2007
The U.S. Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, reversed this earlier decision:
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Daily Quiz for July 31, 2007
The Thirty Years? War began in 1618 when Protestant nobles in Bohemia revolted against his rule: