Category: Museums & Landmarks
Fort Niagara – The Amazing Story of One of America’s Oldest Military Fortifications
“The French built the first fort at Niagara in 1679. The U.S. Army finally decommissioned the post in 1963 making it one of the longest occupied military posts in America.” By Robert Emerson THE HISTORY…
Planes of Fame – Check Out This Gallery of Vintage Warbirds from One of America’s Top Aviation Museums
“If you love aviation history, don’t miss the Planes of Fame, either the California location or its sister site in Arizona.” By Michael Jabbra IF YOU’RE A MilitaryHistoryNow.com regular and you ever find yourself in…
Bringing Out the Dead – Who Cleared the Corpses from Napoleonic Battlefields?
“After they had been stripped, the bodies were either burned, buried, or left in the open to decompose, a process aided by vultures, wolves and other scavengers.” By Shannon Selin SOMEWHERE IN THE range of 3.5…
“Big Wisky” – 12 Amazing Facts About the Battleship USS Wisconsin
“Entering service just as the supremacy of battleships was giving way to aircraft carriers, the heavy guns of the four Iowa-class vessels were still unmatched.” By Amy Waters Yarsinske BERTHED TODAY AT Nauticus, the national maritime…
The Return of the USS Cairo – How a Lost Civil War Ironclad Was Brought Back to Life
“The Cairo suffered catastrophic damage when a controlled underwater mine was detonated from shore. For the next 102 years, the ship would rest on the river bottom, largely forgotten.” By Steve Alderman THE IRONCLAD USS…
Manzanar — Nine Surprising Numbers About America’s Most Notorious Japanese Internment Camp
“More than 11,000 people would pass through Manzanar before it was shuttered on Nov. 21, 1945.” By Naomi Hirahara and Heather C. Lindquist FOLLOWING JAPAN’S ATTACK on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government rounded up and…
