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Theodore Roosevelt’s 1898 Revolver Sold for Nearly $1 Million at Auction Last Month
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer President Theodore Roosevelt’s gun sold for nearly $1 million this past December at a Rock...
The Americans built a dynamite gun for the Spanish-American War
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGeneral Toral's surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 13th, 1898. There was no love lost...
Have you seen it? Bronze ornament stolen from soldier’s grave
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLew Snodgrass alternated between anger and grief when he discovered the theft. How could someone be...
How to Make an Admiral Schley High Ball, the Whiskey Cocktail From a Groundbreaking Black Bartender
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 4 months ago“Is it any wonder that mankind stands open-mouthed before the bartender, considering the mysteries...
Veterans column: Newark's Odell regales bar patrons with Spanish war tales
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1905, William Odell, the bartender at the Hotel Ludlow in Newark, could tell some interesting...
Teddy Roosevelt pays a modern-day visit to Conrad Mansion Museum
Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 25—More than a century after his last swing through Montana, former President Theodore Roosevelt bounded up the steps to the front entrance of The Conrad Mansion Museum in Kalispell on ...
As World War I loomed, here’s how Fort Worth gathered in a spirit of patriotic unity
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWorld War I began in Europe in August 1914. In the next two years, tensions escalated between the...
Antiques: Teddy Roosevelt was a man of his times
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSometimes it's a personage instead of a brand or event that can light the collecting fire. Whether it's heroism (Audie Murphy) or genius (Albert...
On This Day, Dec. 10: Mary Barra becomes 1st woman to lead major automaker
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn December 10, 2013, Mary Barra became CEO of General Motors, the first woman to head a major...
Op-Ed: Is there something about Americans that makes us football addicts?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBuffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin at a game in December (Kamil Krzaczynski / Associated Press) I...