On July 2, 1881, Pres. James Garfield was looking forward to a summer trip to New England. He and his teenage sons headed for the railway station in the morning. He was accompanied by Secretary of State James G. Read more…
Today is the anniversary of the entry of Henry Flipper into West Point in 1873. He became the first black to graduate. Henry Flipper was born to slave parents in 1856. He got an appointment to West Point in Read more…
Christopher “Clutty” Clayton Hutton was a pilot in the Royal Air Corps in WWI. After the war he worked as a journalist and publicist in Hollywood. When WWI broke out, his country needed him. Someone in the Military Intelligence Read more…
When Erich Remarque was fighting on the Western Front in WWI, he made the acquaintance of Adolf Hitler. They participated in the Third Battle of Ypres. After the war, their paths diverged. Remarque became a writer. In 1927, he Read more…
Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her father had been a captain in the Confederate army and was running a cotton plantation at the time. She was a normal child until age 19 months Read more…
The Sepoy Rebellion was from 1857-1859. It is noted for some infamous atrocities by both the Indian rebels and the British colonialists. One of those incidents was the Siege of Cawnpore. Cawnpore was a garrison town for the British Read more…
Happy Birthday to one of the greatest woman athletes in American History. Two of the greatest athletes of the 20th Century were nicknamed Babe. One of them was possibly the greatest female athlete in history. She was born Mildred Read more…
If horses could talk. In 1868, a horse was bought by the U.S. Army and assigned to Fort Leavenworth for the famous 7th Cavalry. Capt. Myles Keogh picked the horse as his battle horse. In one of his first Read more…
In 1337, the Hundred Years’ War began when French King Philip IV died and English King Edward III claimed the throne. On June 24, 1340, Edward’s fleet won the first major battle of the war at the port of Read more…
On March 23, 1939, the US submarine Squalus sank off the coast of New Hampshire. The sinking was due to a faulty air induction valve which caused the aft engine room to flood, killing 24 sailors and two civilians. Read more…