History
Why Was This Soldier Betrayed?
As a housekeeper for the German Embassy in Paris, Marie Bastian had two tasks. She was expected to gather the day’s paper trash...
WWII Paratrooper Famous for Bringing Beer to Wounded Troops Dies at 98
Vincent Speranza, the American paratrooper who became known as the soldier who doled out beer to his wounded comrades during the Battle of...
Transformed From a Colonial Town to a Popular D.C. Suburb, Falls Church Holds a Handful of History
A handsome stone church, nestled in the intersection of Fairfax and South Washington streets, embodies the central history of this “little city” in...
Newly Restored P-51C Mustang Wows at Oshkosh
You will see lots of great airplanes at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. At the 2023 event, one of the...
Was This Dirigible Builder Stock-Swindling Grifter or a Deluded Visionary?
Was San Francisco’s John Morrell a stock-swindling grifter or a deluded visionary? In 1906, Morrell, president of a business venture he called the...
It Ambushed A Hiroshima Survivor With An Enola Gay Pilot
“Now you’ve never met him,” comes the voice of Ralph Edwards, host of the wildly popular 1950s television show, “This Is Your Life.”...
Famed Cafe Du Monde Still Serves Up This Civil War Brew
As it is for so many of us today, coffee was an essential treat for soldiers during the Civil War. That was particularly...
1864 Letter Recounts Confederate Soldier’s Masturbation Addiction
An 1864 letter sent by Confederate Lt. William Dandridge Pitts to assess the wellbeing of his brother Charles is up for auction —...
Resting Place of Sunken World War II Carrier Identified 78 Years Later
The wreckage site of a World War II U.S. Navy escort carrier was identified Monday by the Naval History and Heritage Command’s Underwater...
This Feisty Five-Foot Fry Cook Held Her Own During the Klondike Gold Rush
“She was tough as grizzly bear claws,” one observer wrote about Fannie Quigley, who forged her own path from a dugout on the...
