Month: May 2014
Military History in 100 Objects – Seven Famous War Horses Preserved for the Ages
While history’s most illustrious commanders have long since shaken off this mortal coil, a surprising number of their horses are still with us to this day… at least in body. Check out this bizarre collection…
The St. Albans Raid – The Confederate ‘Invasion’ of Vermont
In the fall of 1864, Vermont seemed far removed from the bloody battlefields of the American Civil War. Although as many as a tenth of the state’s 300,000 residents were in uniform, the actual fighting…
Fighting First Families — Meet the Relatives of WW2’s Most Famous Leaders
RANDOLPH CHURCHILL, son of the Britain’s legendary prime minister, could easily have opted out of dangerous wartime duty by using his top drawer family connections, but he didn’t. In fact the 28-year-old Churchill, would go on…
Whatever Happened To… ? — Seven Famous Military Leaders and What They Did Later in Life
“What about the other generals — those who covered themselves in glory on the battlefield only to disappear into obscurity in peacetime?” MANY OF HISTORY’S most celebrated military commanders achieved immortality by dying heroically in battle. Think: Horatio Nelson, James Wolfe, Stonewall Jackson and George Armstrong Custer….
Military History in 100 Objects – A Farewell to Arms (and Legs)
For our second installment of Military History in 100 Objects, we’re going out on a limb… literally. Here are a few of the most famous prosthetic appendages from the annals of wartime. If you think…
Wanted: One Passenger – Canadian Warplane Museum To Sell Seat On Trans-Atlantic Lancaster Flight
As MHN reported in February, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) will be flying its famous Avro Lancaster bomber all the way to the U.K. this summer. And now officials with the museum are…
