Among the ranks of history’s unheralded officers, William Montrose Graham earned remembrance for his […]
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Escape from New York
Washington nearly lost the war in Brooklyn, but thanks to a clever evacuation behind […]
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Early Naval Innovation- American 44 Gun Frigates
By 1802, professional naval opinion in Britain had concluded that the 44-gun frigate, armed […]
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The Advancement of U.S. Naval Ship Design
Confederacy (1778-1783) Authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776, the Confederacy (36) was one […]
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The Revolution of 1800: The Presidential Election that Tested the United States
Less than 20 years after the last guns of the War of Independence fell […]
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James Madison: The Father of the Constitution
The sick, short, shy father of the Constitution James Madison was also the determined, […]
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Historic Hyde Park: FDR’s Library and Home
During the toughest days of the Great Depression, with millions of Americans unemployed and […]
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Book Review: The Buffalo Soldiers / Their Epic Story and Major Campaigns
Debra Sheffer recounts the fortitude and fighting spirit of the black troops known as Buffalo Soldiers.
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Nathanael Greene’s Steeplechase in the Carolinas, 1781
When Nathanael Greene and Charles Cornwallis finally clashed at Guilford Courthouse, Cornwallis had bayonets and discipline. Greene had a surprise—and a war-winning strategy
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Daily Quiz for February 2, 2016
Founded in 1848, this college was named for the founder of the Lutheran Church in the US.