US Army Rededicates Buffalo Soldier Display The Army rededicated a Buffalo Soldier display in the Pentagon Thursday and kicked off its observance of African American History Month. The ceremony was... 2/6/09 0
NPO Finds Document Listing About 6,000 Japanese POWs A nonprofit Japanese organization said Sunday it has found at the U.S. National Archives a list of names of some 6,000 Japanese soldiers who became prisoners... 2/1/09 0
A Historic First In Norfolk, England As America celebrates its first African American President, recent research has uncovered the making of history in the UK with the election of the first... 1/30/09 0
Book Tells Horror Of 18th Century Surgery We all know medicine has come a long way in the past century. Now a 300-year-old guidebook, recently found on a dusty shelf, reveals how horrible things... 1/28/09 0
American History Museum Gets Rare Copy of Emancipation Proclamation A rare signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation has been lent to the National Museum of American History by Washington financier David M. Rubenstein.... 1/14/09 0
Voice From The Past: Listen To A Family Christmas Recording Hidden Since The Great War Ghostly voices from a family celebrating Christmas together during the First World War have been heard for the first time in nearly a century. Eight phonograph... 12/18/08 0
Cities Of The World Then And Now The Telegraph features a picture gallery of Cities Of The World, comparing late 16th and early 17th-century maps and engravings with current satellite... 12/17/08 0
Shipwreck May Hold Key To Turks And Caicos’ Lineage The U.S.-funded archeologists said Monday they are confident the oaken timbers submerged under 9 feet of water off East Caicos island are the remains of... 12/9/08 0