It is a well-known fact that John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the head in Ford’s Theater during the production of ‘Our American Cousin’. If you think that the Lincoln story ends there however you’re wrong. This is a story of attempted theft of the late president’s body and a secret society that stepped …
When Oxford Archaeology carried out archaeological excavations at Berryfields UK, the extent and range of the discoveries were more than anyone could have foreseen. The site is located close to a Roman roadside settlement along and old Roman road. The standout discoveries were found in a pit that had been dug close to the Roman …
This is the story of John Paul Jones and the only attack by the United States on the country of Great Britain. That in itself would be an odd enough thing to write a story about but there are so many little other interesting little twists to the story. To understand this narrative you need …
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How could it be that Laura Ingalls was a Nazi agent? The tales of the Prairie are as about as American as you can get! How could it be this is true? Also, it’s the wrong time. Isn’t it? Little House on the Prarie Laura Ingalls Wilder lived on the Prairie at the same time …
Fighting WW2 for 34 Years For most of the world, World War 2 ended in 1945. But for Hirō Onoda it didn’t end until 1974. Onoda was born on March 19, 1922, in Kamekawa Village, Kaisō District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. When he was 18, he was enlisted in the Imperial Japanese Army Infantry. His Misson …
Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler may not be household names but together they make up the most amazing fact about our 10th president: Who are Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler? John Tyler was born in 1790. He took office in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died, our shortest …
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Building the White House Construction of the White House began with the laying of the cornerstone on October 13, 1792. Over the next century-and-a-half, it would face wartime destruction in the form of the British burning it during the war of 1812 and constant re-building. The wear and tear of it all! There were hurried …
Paula Hitler Not much mentioned in history, Paula Hitler was born in 1896 in Fischlham Austria and was 7 years younger than Adolf. By 11 years old, she had lost both parents. In the early 1920s she was working as a housekeeper at a dormitory for Jewish university students and was visited by her brother there in …
Theodosia Burr Alston immortalized in the musical Hamilton in a song which bears her name, was the daughter of Arron Burr, the former vice president. Her father had just gone through a trial for treason when the War of 1812 had broken out in June between the United States and Great Britain. Theodosia was traveling …
It is a well know fact that John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. What is less know is that John had two brothers Edwin and Junius. Edwin was a highly acclaimed actor, although his career suffered for a time after his brother’s crime. This is a story about Edwin Booth and the president’s son …