Then, as now, politicians pounced on rich rivals. Most candidates pretended to be self-made.
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At Washington’s Gates: Jubal Early’s Chance to Take the Capitol
On the blistering hot afternoon of July 11, 1864, bold, battle-hardened Lieutenant General Jubal […]
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Daily Quiz for July 11, 2019
After Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, this one of his generals took over Egypt.
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Book Review: Unlikely General
Mary Stockwell profiles Anthony Wayne, the general whose military action against Indians made the state of Ohio possible
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This Week in History – Operation Mincemeat 1943
On July 10, 1943, the Allied forces launch Operation Husky, invading Sicily by air […]
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Assault on the Citadel: Patton’s troops crush a large enemy force at Saint-Malo
Adolf Hitler saw Saint-Malo as a linchpin of the Atlantic Wall. The Allies reduced it to rubble
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Daily Quiz for July 10, 2019
During the Civil War this fort in Charleston harbor was used as a POW camp.
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Postwar Dinner Guests Dished and Debated Confederate Heroes
At a Baltimore table in 1887, the discussion centered around Lee, Jackson, Stuart, and Longstreet
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Lincoln Memorial: A Temple of Tolerance
Cruel irony of segregated dedication ceremony has given way to reverence and rallies.
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From German Waffen SS to American Green Beret
The fierce anti-communism of Finland’s Larry Thorne put him on different sides in two wars