Category: History Facts

Visiting Gettysburg National Military Park should be unsettling. The site exists, after all, because of a breathtaking failure of the nation’s electoral system in 1860. Powerful members of Southern society … Read More

In 1943, when the Second World War had reached its most pitiless intensity, three of the world’s most powerful men—unlikely allies against the Axis onslaught—met together for the first time. … Read More

Until a few weeks ago, Kasinal White, sister of Iraq War hero Alwyn Cashe, had nearly given up hope that the last decade of work she spent trying to get her … Read More

Culp’s Hill Hero also deserves credit for his valiant effort on America’s bloodiest day In 1907, a monument honoring Union Maj. Gen. George Sears Greene was dedicated on Culp’s Hill … Read More

A forced landing on Greenland’s ice cap set in motion one of the most extensive—and costly—search-and-rescue operations ever mounted. It was called the Snowball Route—officially the North Atlantic Ferry Route—from … Read More

Flying Tiger Ace: The Story of Bill Reed, China’s Shining Mark, by Carl Molesworth, Osprey Publishing, 2020, $35. On the night of December 19, 1944, Lt. Col. William N. Reed, commander of … Read More

Breaking barriers even in death, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the steps of the Supreme Court one final time on Wednesday—becoming the first woman in American history to lie in … Read More

The never-built Horten Ho-229 has been the subject of more speculation and myths than any other World War II airplane Reimar Horten and his older brother Walter were German aircraft … Read More

Project Plowshare imagined using nuclear weapons as infrastructure-building tools At 10 a.m. local time on July 6, 1962, a quiet stretch of Nevada desert near Las Vegas erupted in violence. … Read More