President Andrew Jackson ignored the 1832 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Worchester versus Georgia which led to this event.
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Daily Quiz for July 21, 2018
First built in the early 1800’s, chickees were platform houses used by this group of Native Americans.
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Shear Terror
Thunderstorm-generated wind shear was poorly understood until three major airline accidents compelled meteorologists and […]
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Hitler’s Monster Tanks
Three massive German armored weapons—the Maus, Ratte, and Monster—prove that bigger isn’t always better
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Daily Quiz for July 20, 2018
Television evening newscasts expanded from fifteen minutes to thirty minutes on Labor Day of this year.
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The Beast of Budapest
Amid the 1956 Hungarian Revolution a bold British military attaché got a close look at disabled and captured Soviet T-54A tanks.
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Daily Quiz for July 19, 2018
An optimistic woman of faith, she advised, “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
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Was There Anything Funny About the Vietnam War? Robin Williams Thought So
Revisiting ‘Good Morning, Vietnam’ more than 30 years after its release
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Daily Quiz for July 18, 2018
The famous 1965 Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March consisted not of one march but this many.
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From the Crossroads: War by Scrum?
Hand-to-hand fighting actually was rare at Gettysburg.