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Living History — Calling out the Guard at Canada’s Fort Henry
Thanks to Sean J. McNeill for providing this picture of the guard at Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Established on the shore of Lake Ontario during the war 1812 to defend Upper Canada from…
New Book Explores Bizarre Final Battle of War in Europe
Take a handful of GIs, a group of surrendered German soldiers and some high-ranking French officials (along with their wives and mistresses), arm them all to the teeth and let them team up to defend…
Mosquito Bytes — The Amazing Missions of the DH.98
“Mosquitos flew some of the most incredible Allied air missions of the Second World War.” RESIDENTS OF Virginia Beach, Va. may soon be hearing the distinctive growl of twin Rolls Royce Merlin engines overhead, thanks…
The Kaiser’s Pirate Ship – The Astounding Voyage of SMS Emden
“The short-lived expedition left more than 30 Allied ships ablaze, ground British trade in the Far East to a standstill and terrorized the ports and sea lanes of more than a quarter of the Earth’s…
The 14th Colony — Vermont’s Curious Role in the American Revolution
ON JULY 4, 1776, 13 of GREAT BRITAIN’S North American colonies declared their independence. And while New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and a host of others joined in that rebellion, one future U.S. state was…
How a full moon cost the Confederacy its most valuable general
Sorry about running yet another item about the U.S. Civil War this week, but this story solves a mystery surrounding Confederate general Stonewall Jackson’s death and was just too interesting to pass up. Enjoy! Next to…
