On May 15, 1765, Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all […]

When land was sighted, even the wounded left their beds to have the first glimpse of home. Bed patients, they had to make sure it was true., ca. 07/1944

D 8333. A female volunteer at the American Red Cross Eagle Club gives a cup of tea to one of several American soldiers making use of the canteen facilities at the club

“The following heart-rending love letter was written by American World War II veteran Brian Keith to Dave, a fellow soldier he met and fell in love with in 1943 while stationed in North Africa. It was...

The Gettysburg Address was only about 300 words long — Lincoln delivered it in about two minutes. But somehow, it changed the way we view our government, our country and our society.

The story behind the famous WWII photo of three dead American soldiers half-buried in the sand at a place called Buna Beach

I always remember the date of the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 because of my grandmother. Many times (probably on each December 7th!) she told us about how they heard the terrible news on the radio. This is an interesting photo of Elizabeth McIntosh, taken on Dec.7th, 1941. She was a reporter for…

Bayonet fighting is a lost art to many, but it has served as a tried and true tactic since the first riflemen realized its power.

Fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band. It was originally released on November 22, 2005, six months after its companion album 'Mezmerize'. Both albums debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making the band one of the few to achieve this with two albums in the same year.Disc 11. Attack - System of a Down (3.06)2. Dreaming - System of a Down (3.59)3. Kill Rock 'N Roll - System of a Down (2.27)4. Hypnotize - System of a Down (3.09)5. Stealing Society - System of a Down (2.58)6. Tentative - System of a Down (3.36)7. US-Fig - System of a Down (2.55)8. Holy Mountains - System of a Down (5.28)9. Vicinity of Obscenity - System of a Down (2.51)10. She's Like Heroin - System of a Down (2.44)11. Lonely Days - System of a Down (2.47)12. Soldier Side - System of a Down (3.40)

Her name was Harriet Wilma Anderson (nee Burnham), and she was one of the first women to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps. Enlisting the day she turned 20, Harriet aimed for the Marines "because it was

This day used to be known as Armistice Day, in honor of the armistice that was signed on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"

Archaeologists believe they have found the scuttled remains of Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island. The ship was last sighted 230 years ago.

Experts have hailed the discovery of the 1,500 pictures, thought to have been lost or bombed, as a sensational find.

An unfocused gaze is one of the signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. They also call it the 'two-thousand-yard stare.' Seventy thousand people read the story of Bohdan, who, as it turns out, invented it for the article. Yes, he was a volunteer in Aydar battalion, yes, he fought and was wounded, but he was never...

The Japanese Army during World War II committed many crimes against humanity that were ordered by the government and high command. In the Japanese