Articles Containing Tag: history

Have you ever lost your sunglasses while they were sitting on top of your head or searched for your phone while it was in your hand? Well, something similar happened to scientists studying at the University of Cambridge library when… Read More

The calendar announced the year was 1950. World War II was in the rearview mirror. The United Nations was established to avoid another global conflict, and Americans were weary of fighting in foreign countries and were settling in for what… Read More

Alabama became the 22nd state on December 14, 1819. It gained the nickname “Heart of Dixie” because it is in the middle of the Deep South, nicknamed Dixieland. Originally, the land was settled by two groups of Native Americans: the… Read More

In today’s accounts of the tensions between the US and China, we often hear the following description: “It’s a new Cold War.” Ok, so what was the “old Cold War”? The end of World War II set the stage for… Read More

Today, Christmas is considered a Christian holiday. It’s a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. However, many of the traditions came from long before. So where did we get them, and why do we continue them today? What we… Read More

Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate with friends and family. While eating that extra piece of pumpkin pie may be common during today’s celebration, this traditional holiday started very differently. It took centuries before Thanksgiving became a celebrated day across… Read More

Mona Goff was the younger sister of the only hero she had ever known: her brother. Marion Robert Goff was a young man who put on a military uniform in 1943 to go and fight in World War II. He… Read More

The 39th president of the United States, James Earl Carter, Jr., otherwise known as Jimmy Carter, was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. His family had a peanut warehouse business, which he took over after his father got… Read More

“There runs a strange law through the length of human history – that men are continually tending to undervalue their environment, to undervalue their happiness, to undervalue themselves.” ~ G.K. Chesterton January 8, 1815: The Battle of New Orleans It… Read More

“Memoirs are the backstairs of history.” ~ George Meredith January 8, 1790: George Washington Delivers First State of the Union Address America’s Founding Father and first president, George Washington, had a very difficult task ahead of him. Not only was… Read More

“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” ~ George Bernard Shaw December 27, 1831: Charles Darwin Sets Out on His Expedition Around the World Charles Darwin is history’s most… Read More

“Hindsight is the historian’s necessary vice.” ~ Hilary Mantel December 20, 1606: Expedition to America and Establishment of Jamestown In 1492, Christopher Columbus reached the New World and began a race between countries to establish colonies in the unclaimed territory…. Read More