Search results
The 1848 Revolutions Did Not Fail
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhat’s the best way to build a barricade? A carriage or wagon is a good start, heaved over to form a sturdy base. Next: Peel up the street cobbles and...
Opinion: Principles of democracy best means of preserving peace, unity
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Age of Revolutions was inaugurated by the English Puritans in 1640 when they overthrew King...
“Live Free Or Die!” Learn About Solitude, The Heroine Of Guadeloupe
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“Live free or die!” declared Solitude, “The Warrior Woman” of Guadeloupe shortly before her...
The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe 1802 Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot was part of Napoléon's effort to retake Haiti − then known as...
Anna's Thinking Cap: Chicken Marengo or how Napoleon birthed a dish
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhat do Marengo, Iowa and Chicken Marengo have in common? Napoleon Bonaparte, of course, whose June...
My wife reminds me of Mexican Revolution women who wore 'bandoliers across their chests'
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMy wife, Sonia Ruiz, reminds me of the women in the Mexican Revolutionary song “Adelita” who wore...
The Monday After: Remembering Napoleans in the news
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe news reported in the Canton Repository And Republican 150 years ago was positioned less than prominently, when considering its subject's status in...
39 Landmark Buildings That Scream 'America'
MediaFeed via AOL· 1 day agoFerenc Cegledi / istockphoto America's historic buildings Historic churches. Revolutionary homes. Record-setting skyscrapers. Take a virtual history...
Wisconsin just celebrated 175 years as a state. Here are some key historical facts you should know.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWisconsin, we're no spring chicken anymore. While it is nowhere near the oldest state in the United...
From housing for enslaved to animal mill: See centuries-old hut unearthed in Caribbean
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoA recent excavation of a historical estate on a Caribbean island found stories from the past hiding...
