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British Heritage
Fryar Roger Called Bachon A scholar-monk who envisioned an Academy of Science, Bacon’s ideas were far ahead of his time and ran counter to the Church’s doctrine. by Dianna L. Dodson Within the studious atmosphere of their...
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British Heritage, Queen Victoria
Brunel and the Great Western Railway Britain’s first ‘true’ railway, the Liverpool and Manchester, successfully connected one of England’s biggest ports with its largest textile manufacturer. This remarkable...
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American History Magazine
The GI Bill More than 2,250,000 American veterans of WWII received at least part of their college education as a result of legislation known as “the GI Bill.” By Michael D. Haydock By the time the last American World War...
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British Heritage
The Genealogy of the Cat Even for those who have never owned a British luxury car, Jaguars, or Cats, asthey’re affectionately called, have a certain mystique. Their proud heritage tracesback to humble beginnings in the northern...
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Aviation History
Pioneering Air-Sea Engagement Didier Masson’s 1913 attack on a Federalist gunboat at the behest of Mexican rebels was one of the earliest airstrikes carried out against a naval vessel. By David H. Grover Didier Masson sat in the...
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Aviation History, Mag: Aviation History Featured
The Cold War accelerated jet aircraft development without a shot being fired in the 1940s. The end of World War II saw the elimination of fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan as world powers, but also resulted in a squaring off...
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American History Magazine
Shoot-Out on Pennsylvania Thanks to the actions of the men assigned to protect him, President Harry S. Truman survived a harrowing attempt on his life by two Puerto Rican nationalists. By Elbert B. Smith At 7:30 p.m. on October 31,...
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Aviation History
Burnelli and His Flying Fuselage Vincent J. Burnelli wanted to incorporate maximum efficiency in the realm of air transport. The unorthodox result pioneered the wide-body cabin and the lifting-fuselage design. By John D. Pelzer There must...
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Aviation History
Space Shuttle Shuttles are the highest, fastest airplanes, but they can’t break the image barrier back on the ground. By Brian Welch There were a quarter of a million people on the dry lake bed that morning of April 14, 1981, awash...
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Aviation History Archives
Hans von Ohain (left) and Frank Whittle Recognition is overdue for the two quiet ‘power pioneers’ of aviation who opened the door to high-speed flight. I earned a few odd looks from others waiting for the Washington, D.C.,...
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British Heritage, Queen Victoria
THE INS AND OUTS OF BORTHWICK CASTLE by Deborah Pulliam Florence Nightingale was distinctly not the romantic, retiring Victorian gentlewoman most of us imagine. She was a bright, tough, driven professional, a brilliant organizer and...
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American History Magazine
HOW GOOD WERE THEY? by John B. Holway UNTIL 1947, WHEN JACKIE ROBINSON JOINED THE BROOKLYN DODGERS, TALENTED BLACK ATHLETES TOILED IN RELATIVE OBSCURITY IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES DESPITE THE EXCITING CALIBER OF THEIR PLAY. Imagine...
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British Heritage
JOHN ANDRE: WESTMINSTER’S UNKNOWN POET by Bruce Heydt In Westminster Abbey’s Poet’s Corner, alongside monuments to the likes of Tennyson, Dryden, Spenser, Shakespeare and Chaucer, curious visitors can find the name of a...
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America's Civil War, Gear
John Gilleland developed a revolutionary double-barreled cannon meant to sweep Union infantry off the field. On a spring morning in April 1862, a number of men gathered in a field near Newton’s Bridge on the north side of Athens,...
