For more than 100 years, New Yorkers lavishly celebrated November 25 in commemoration of […]
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A Day to Remember: July 4, 1776
On Independence Day every year, millions of Americans turn out for myriad parades, public […]
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American History Book Review: Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution by Mark Puls; Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 Franklin, […]
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‘Go West, Young Man’
Hours before President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, Daniel […]
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Colonial Cryptographers Helped Patriots Win the Revolution
After a slow start, Washington’s spymasters used mathematics, chemistry, and sneakiness to turn the tide against the British
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Pawn Takes Bishop
Union artillery brought a deadly end to the career of clergyman-turned-soldier Leonidas Polk. The […]
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The Fight for the ‘14th Colony,’ Nova Scotia
At the onset of the American Revolution the British and Americans each sought to sway New England settlers and First Nations tribes in Nova Scotia
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The Photograph that Made Lincoln President
Mathew Brady’s Cooper Union portrait transformed a country lawyer into a national icon. On […]
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Meals, Revolting to Eat: The Most Disgusting Military Rations Ever
Through the ages soldiers have had to stomach all kinds of food that can only be described as awful. Here’s a sampling.
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French Strategy in 1940s Sets Course for The U.S. Later
Author William M. Waddell presents a thoroughly illuminating, refreshingly balanced interpretation of the French war for Indochina.