top of page
Search
tara
Mar 27, 20223 min read
This Day in History: The Goliad Massacre
On this day in 1836, the Goliad Massacre takes place. Most of you have heard “Remember the Alamo!” Did you know that “Remember Goliad!”...
tara
Mar 25, 20223 min read
This Day in History: Operation Varsity
On this day in 1945, Allied forces determine that “organized resistance has now ceased” in western Germany. Just one day earlier, Allied...
tara
Mar 23, 20222 min read
This Day in History: “Give me liberty or give me death!”
On this day in 1775, Patrick Henry gives a stirring speech. You’ve almost certainly heard of this one! Henry closed the speech with the...
tara
Mar 21, 20222 min read
This Day in History: President George Washington tours the Southern states
On this day in 1791, George Washington begins a 3-month tour of the Southern states. As the first President, Washington considered it...
tara
Mar 20, 20223 min read
This Day in History: A long-stranded B-17 crew is finally rescued (Part 3)
On this day in 1943, the last surviving members of a B-17 crew prepare to leave the Greenland Ice Cap. They’d been stranded on an icy...
tara
Mar 19, 20223 min read
This Day in History: A long-stranded B-17 crew, rescued (Part 2)
On this day in 1943, three members of a stranded B-17 crew finally leave their crumpled plane. It had been their home on the Greenland...
tara
Mar 18, 20223 min read
This Day in History: Father Joe & His Medal of Honor
On this day in 1945, a Navy chaplain engages in an action that would earn him the Medal of Honor. Father Joseph T. O'Callahan was then...
tara
Mar 18, 20223 min read
This Day in History: A long-stranded B-17 crew is finally rescued
On this day in 1943, three members of a long-stranded B-17 crew are finally rescued from the Greenland Ice Cap. They’d spent 129 days in...
tara
Mar 17, 20223 min read
This Day in History: George Washington's victory at Boston
On this day in 1776, the British army evacuates Boston. A bedraggled band of colonists had kept the city under siege for nearly a...
tara
Mar 16, 20223 min read
This Day in History: Sergeant Stubby, stray dog turned war hero
On this day in 1926, Sergeant Stubby passes away. Stubby wasn’t just any sergeant—he was a dog! He served with the 102nd Infantry, 26th...
tara
Mar 16, 20223 min read
This Day in History: The United States Military Academy at West Point is founded
On this day in 1802, the United States Military Academy at West Point is founded. The academy has trained some of America’s greatest...
tara
Mar 15, 20223 min read
This Day in History: George Washington squashes a military coup
On this day in 1783, George Washington brings the so-called Newburgh Conspiracy to an end. The potential military coup had been festering...
tara
Mar 14, 20223 min read
This Day in History: Joe M. Jackson & his Medal of Honor in Vietnam
On this day in 1923, a future Medal of Honor recipient is born in Georgia. Air Force Lt. Colonel Joe M. Jackson wasn’t supposed to be...
tara
Mar 13, 20223 min read
This Day in History: Butch O’Hare, the Navy’s first flying ace during WWII
On this day in 1914, Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare is born. Perhaps you recognize his last name? A big airport in Chicago is named after...
tara
Mar 13, 20223 min read
This Day in History: The legend (and the truth) behind Johnny Appleseed
On or around this day in 1845, Johnny Appleseed passes away in Indiana. Of course, that wasn’t his real name. Johnny Appleseed’s real...
tara
Mar 12, 20223 min read
This Day in History: Elizabeth Burgin, unsung Revolutionary War heroine
On this day in 1776, a public notice appears in Baltimore, Maryland. It beseeches the help of “our humane ladies” in the American cause....
tara
Mar 11, 20223 min read
This Day in History: The survivors of USS Leopold
On this day in 1944, survivors of USS Leopold arrive in Ireland. Their ship had been torpedoed late on March 9, and they’d been left in...
tara
Mar 10, 20223 min read
This Day in History: USS Leopold's forgotten struggle in the Atlantic
On this day in 1944, the last survivor of USS Leopold is pulled from a frigid Atlantic Ocean. Amazingly, 28 men had survived—for hours—in...
tara
Mar 9, 20223 min read
This Day in History: Air raid on Tokyo
On this day in 1945, the United States Army Air Forces launches an unprecedented air raid on Tokyo, Japan. To date, it remains the single...
tara
Mar 8, 20223 min read
This Day in History: Wentworth Cheswell: Grandson of a slave, Elected official—Patriot!
On this day in 1817, an American Patriot passes away. Wentworth Cheswell was the grandson of a slave, and yet he lived life as a free...
bottom of page