# American History
18 Successes and Disasters Created to Battle the Great Depression
The period of economic downturn known as the Great Depression began when the New York Stock Exchange began to drop…
Peggy Shippen, Thought to Be Benedict Arnold’s Innocent Wife, Actually Initiated His Treasonous Plot
Peggy Shippen, the beautiful, vivacious, and charismatic wife of infamous American Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold, was long thought to…
The 18 Deadliest Battles in American Military History
It should be no surprise that the deadliest battles fought on American soil came about during the American Civil War,…
19 Facts About the Internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II
During the First World War the large German communities in many American cities found themselves under siege. In cities such…
Lovestruck Minister Fascinates Media After Committing this Grisly Crime
Crawfordsville is a small town in western Indiana, where seemingly little happens. Its main historic distinction is probably that Lew…
A Countdown of History’s 16 Most Influential and Formidable Mercenaries
Mercenaries - warriors hired to take part in armed conflicts, without being a formal part of a government's forces -…
America’s Aerial Gunners in World War II Were Believed to Be an Unstoppable Force
"From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.…
18 All But Forgotten American War Heroes
In every war heroes emerge, some to everlasting fame and some revert to relative obscurity. Some preferred to remain in…
Here Are 18 Facts about the United States Nuclear Weapons Program History That Run So Much Deeper Than You Knew
It began with the Manhattan Project, a joint military, industrial, scientific, and academic effort to determine the feasibility of an…
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Brother, Joseph, Was King of Naples and Spain but Somehow Ended up Moving to New Jersey
Being an Average Joe (or Average Jane) and living in the shadow of a highly accomplished relative can be tough.…