This week is the final (for now at least) installment in the current series about Men of Honor. Most medal of honors come from a...

As some of you may know, I have a special interest in history. The thing that interests me about history is the individual stories. ...

Last November, in my blog post Telling Their Stories, I talked about a play at Colonial Williamsburg called Sentiments of American Women....

When most of us think of February, we think of love, which often comes with the idea of roses, chocolate and romance. Besides being a...

Many of us have probably at one point or another heard of the Christmas truce of World War One. The story of soldiers crossing in to no...

December 20, 1944, and many of you thought I was going to say December 7! Well, we shall discuss both dates this week, beginning with 7...

"Nun danket alle Gott mit Herzen, Mund und Händen, der große Dinge tut an uns und allen Enden, der uns von Mutterleib und Kindesbeinen an...

(Warning: This weeks post does discuss cannibalism in America. While I won't go into depth about it (I will have resources at the end if...

What do these words mean? Granted this is the name of this blog but there is more to the phrase than just a collection of words. ...

Recently, I have had thoughts about how to remember historical figures, and the importance of telling their stories. While it is...

There are many stories of soldiers making tokens for their sweethearts while they are away at war. These tokens are made not only as a...