On December 18, 1860, John J. Crittenden of Kentucky introduced a compromise plan to the U.S. Senate. Just two days…
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Odds are there isn’t a Civil War buff living who hasn’t seen a copy of this remarkable pencil sketch (above)…
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As the United States stood on the brink of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the urgent need…
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The Rev. Dr. Taylor Filmore Ealy faced many struggles, most not of his own making, while a Presbyterian medical missionary…
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Virtually every Old West aficionado is familiar with Buffalo Bill Cody’s popular Wild West shows, which traveled the United States…
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O n the evening of June 5, 1944, Louis Leroux, his wife, and their six children scrambled atop an embankment…
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Norman Crockatt is not a well-known name, but the British intelligence officer was responsible for one of the most controversial…
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“The First World War saw the first widespread use of propaganda to stir patriotic fervour,” note Gill Saunders and Margaret…
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1. Cody Family Moves to Kansas Will was born in Iowa Territory in 1846. In 1854 father Isaac moved the family…
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When the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Co. launched the Pony Express on April 3, 1860, fanfare for…
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