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This Navy place of honor now bears Farragut's name after the Confederate one was stripped
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCivil War hero and celebrated Knoxville native Admiral David Farragut has been bestowed with a new...
Bridges Texas History column: Lubbock brothers played key parts in Civil War, politics
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo orphaned brothers headed west in search of adventure and a new life. The story is common in the...
Grim yet hopeful addition to National WWII Museum addresses the conflict’s world-shaping legacy
KREX articles via Yahoo News· 7 months ago(AP) – A new, permanent addition to the sprawling National WWII Museum in New Orleans is a...
Witness to canals, Civil War, American Pickers: 1841 York County mill has uncertain future
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoCelebrating its 183rd birthday, an historic mill at the end of Locust Lane in Manchester Township is...
This antebellum home in Biloxi was built in 1843. How’d it survive hurricanes and war?
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOne of the only antebellum homes left standing on the Mississippi Coast is perhaps the oldest...
19 Before And After Photos Of Abandoned, Haunted Places
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAbandoned places always have that eerie feeling about them. With so much history comes so many...
'An upstanding man': The formerly enslaved Savannah man who ignited W.W. Law's love of history
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAlbert Oetgen is a retired journalist. He worked as a reporter for the Savannah Morning News from...
Army Scrubs Fort A.P. Hill, Renaming Base in Honor of Female Medal of Honor Recipient
Military.com via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFort A.P. Hill in Virginia was redesignated Friday as Fort Walker to honor Dr. Mary Walker, the only...
If You Hate These Iconic Movies, You Can't Call Yourself a Real Boomer
MediaFeed via AOL· 1 week agoIMDb Boomers & Movies Baby boomers were there for Woodstock in 1969, watched the moon landing live...
Wartime legend of ‘Tokyo Rose’ sent a Japanese American woman to prison in 1949
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoAmerican soldiers fighting World War II in the Pacific called her “Tokyo Rose.” Each night, a...