Military

Every year around the holidays, you see a ton of discarded Christmas trees dragged out onto driveways to be hauled off by garbage trucks. I’ve never really thought about what comes next for this near-endless supply of trees, but I suppose they just decompose in the dump, releasing CO2 back into the atmosphere. Great. That’s...

The men who served the United States in WWII are a dying breed – in fact, most of them have already passed on from this plane of existence to the next (where hopefully they will not be asked to save the world by enacting great mental and physical trauma on themselves). They’re not all gone,...

I love history. I could study history every day for the rest of my life and never get bored. I’m also interested in all periods of history as well (though I definitely know more about some than others). Do you feel the same way? I hope so because here are 10 history facts that should get you...

If there’s one thing that our divided nation can all get together to support, it’s helping out our veterans. And even though the task may seem daunting to many of us, one easy way we can all help out is by purchasing these new stamps the United States Postal Service has put out to benefit...

In a small Austrian town on the border of Germany sits a structure with a notorious past. It was here, in a nondescript building downtown called the Braunau am Inn, that Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5QQYZzHned/ The building has been used as a school and a library over the years, but...

For years, the U.S. Postal Service has honored the U.S. military by creating special limited-edition stamps. Now they’re highlighting the canine division of the military with these military working dogs stamps. Dogs began serving in the U.S. military since the Civil War. They’ve continued to accompany humans in every war since, from World War I...

The critically-acclaimed film Harriet recently came out at the U.S. box office, and (for most viewers) the movie is going to tell stories about this American historical figure that were previously unknown. If you haven’t had time to get to the theatre yet, or you’re wanting to share details about a great American legend with...

File Under: Yes, History Can Be Both Fun And Interesting Some might argue that, given the brutal, bloody way William the Conquerer ruled England, his brutal, stinking, bloody end was more than fitting. William who-would-be-the-Conquerer was born around 1028 to the Duke of Normandy and a peasant girl. Officially a bastard, William still inherited his...