American History
Sergeant Peter Lemon: When Marijuana, the Vietnam War, and the Medal of Honor Came Together
Stories of disillusioned American soldiers are a powerful theme when reflecting on the United States’ war in Vietnam. Movies like…
25 Photographs of the History of the FBI, Part 2: World War I, Espionage, and the Red Scare
The Bureau of Investigation started with mostly white-collar and civil rights cases such as land fraud, banking fraud, copyright violations,…
The Lions That Led: The 10 Greatest Generals of the First World War
It's impossible to write about the First World War in good terms. As wasteful as it was preventable, it all…
23 Photos of the Wright Brothers’ Flights
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, are aviation pioneers credited with inventing, building, and flying the first successful airplane. Their…
21 Images Depicting the Sultana Disaster of 1865
In late April, 1865, the Civil War was coming to an end. Union and Confederates decided that the POWs should…
20 Photographs Reliving the Moscow Music Peace Festival of 1989
The Moscow Music Peace Festival was a series of performances by famous rock bands in the Soviet Union on August…
22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank, during a storm, in Lake Superior on November…
26 Photographs of the America’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration
On July 4, 1976, the United States of America celebrated the 200-year, Bicentennial, anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration…
20 Photos of the History of the FBI, Part 1: The Birth of the Organization
In 1908 there were more than 100 cities in America with populations over 50,000 people. Crime was, without surprise, a…
18 Photos of the Feud Between the Hatfields and McCoys
The Hatfield-McCoy feud involved two rural families from West Virginia and Kentucky along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy…