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About World War II
What is World War II? About WorldWarII.com WorldWarII.com is brought to you by the […]
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Letter From America’s Civil War – March 2008
Why Reenactors Are Important When Confederates in the Attic was published 10 years ago, […]
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America’s Civil War Monuments: Hartford’s Stately Bridge Over Troubled Waters
George W. Keller’s Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford was a first-of-a-kind memorial in the United States.
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Wild West: Rescue of the Mountain Meadows Orphans
In the fall of 1857, a party of emigrants from Arkansas camped in southern […]
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Load the Hopper and Turn the Crank: Rapid-Fire Guns of the Civil War
Rapid-fire weapons like the Gatling gun and the Coffee Mill gun were Civil War novelties, technology that was ahead of its time.
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The B-26 Marauder: World War II Medium Bomber
Flak-Bait — the ultimate survivor of the air war over Europe — completed 207 WWII missions.
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‘The Birth of a Nation’: When Hollywood Glorified the KKK
Ninety years after its first screening and 100 years after the publication of the novel that inspired it, D.W. Griffith’s motion picture continues to be lauded for its cinematographic excellence and vilified for its racist content. The film came from Griffith’s personal vision, and as such it reflected the strengths and weaknesses of the man himself.
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Paddle-wheelers Appeared on the Colorado River in 1852
When a steamboat first appeared on the Colorado River in 1852, some Indians were afraid, but they would get plenty of chances to become used to the belching boats during the next 25 years.
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Edwin Booth Saved Robert Todd Lincoln’s Life
A Lincoln family incident during the Civil War became a remarkable snippet of assassination lore.