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1968 Democratic National Convention
President LBJ took a deep breath, looked up, and spoke very slowly: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another …
1 year, 8 months ago
Orphans Preferred
In 1860, posters went up in Sacramento: Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over 18, Must be expert riders… orphans preferred. Pony Express was a…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Story of Pocahontas (Where are they now?)
Did you ever wonder what happened to John Smith, Pocahontas, and her true love, John Rolfe, after the events often presented in history and popular c…
1 year, 9 months ago
Conversations: The true story of Sgt. York, w/ James C. Nelson
James C. Nelson has written five books about the American experience in World War I. His newest release, The York Patrol: The Real Story of Alvin Yor…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Ghost Ship
Not many maritime mysteries are equal to the mystery of Mary Celeste, an American merchant brigantine who was discovered adrift and abandoned in the …
1 year, 9 months ago
FDR's Close Call
Did you know that if it had not been for one woman's courage to throw herself against a crazed would-be assassin during a rally in 1933, none of the …
1 year, 9 months ago
Shadow Amendment
Did you know that another 13th Amendment was proposed in 1861, striving to forever protect the very institution that the 1865 Amendment abolished? In…
1 year, 9 months ago
Lenin Has Second Thoughts
Did you know that in 1921, when Lenin's socialist order and plans for a world-scale communist revolution seemed to be coming apart in Russia, the so-…
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Failed Presidential Assassination Attempts
Most recent shocking events out of Pennsylvania point to another example of how history is often circular and not linear. And while everyone undoubte…
1 year, 9 months ago
Alexander Graham Bell (Where are they now?)
Some might be familiar with the story of how the man from Scotland invented the telephone. Still, the story of Bell shortly after that behaving quite…
1 year, 9 months ago