History
Texas Independence Day
176 wonderful years….
Read MoreCivil War Veterans
Footage from the 50th anniversary (1913) and 75th anniversary (1938) reunions at Gettysburg, with survivors from the North and South… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeZvForbmbk
Read MoreOne Of A Kind
This guest post is courtesy of Jennifer, author of In Jennifer’s Head. If you’ve got any information about her grandfather’s ashtray, please head on over to her site and let her know. I’m sure she would be very appreciative of any information you could provide. My grandfather was a WWII vet. He didn’t really talk…
Read More15th Century Machine Gun
When an ancient three-barrelled cannon was discovered by schoolchildren, museum officials would have known they had stumbled on a rare find. But now, 40 years after the discovery of the unique weapon, they have learned just how important it is – the gun is a prototype designed by Leonardo Da Vinci himself. The cannon was…
Read MoreD-Day: June 6, 1944
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.†More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s…
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