Category: People
The Bereaved — Grace Darling Seibold and America’s First ‘Gold Star Mothers’
“Many observers believed that the sheer number of grieving mothers gathered so dramatically in public would actually help foster peace.” By April Smith ON FEB. 7, 1930, FIRST LADY LOU HENRY HOOVER reached into a silver bowl…
The Rough Riders – Seven Things You Didn’t Know About Theodore Roosevelt’s Famous Volunteers
“They proved themselves to be as brave and steady in the heat of battle as the hardened veterans they fought alongside.” By Mark Lee Gardner THE THREE-AND-A-HALF MONTH Spanish American War is one of United…
The Flying Tigers — 12 Facts About America’s Legendary Volunteer Fighter Squadron
“The victories of these Americans over the rice paddies of Burma are comparable in character, if not in scope, with those won by the RAF over the hop fields of Kent in the Battle of…
Lafayette – Nine Key Facts About the French Aristocrat Who Became an American Revolutionary
“Despite Lafayette’s epic contributions to American history, few in the United States seem to even remember him.” By Donald Miller HE MADE CIVIL disobedience cool long before Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. or Nelson Mandela. Gilbert…
John Paul Jones – The Remarkable Struggle to Restore the Name of America’s Greatest Naval Hero
Today, John Paul Jones is remembered as an icon of the Revolutionary War and America’s first great naval hero. Amazingly, his name and exploits were largely forgotten until more than 100 years after independence. (Image…
The Faces of WW2 – Meet the Extraordinary People in 11 of the War’s Most Famous Photographs
“The names and fates of those who appeared in some of World War Two’s iconic photos eventually made it into the history books. Here are some of their stories.” JOHN BODKIN, an Associated Press photo…
