Testimonials(Page)

    I recently purchased a copy of Gen Timothy Ruggles' portrait - Gen Ruggles

    History of the Company(Page)

    History of the Company Historian Michael J. Simpson has written an article

    Bayard Rustin, Man Of Many Faces(Post)

    Ronald Reagan praised Bayard Rustin’s “moral courage” after the gay civil rights activist’s death in 1987. An anti-gay praising a gay black rabble-rouser who advised Martin Luther King? The 80s wer

    How Buffalo Bill Invented The Wild West(Post)

    When “Buffalo Bill” Cody died in 1917, more than 18,000 mourners attended his funeral and paid their respects while his body lay out for viewing at the Colorado State House. Even in death the former

    Braille: The Language Of The Blind(Post)

    Braille has fascinated me since I was young. Created by Louis Braille in the 1800’s, it was an incredible discovery and helped millions around the world who previously were unable to read or write t

    Origins of the Historic Bird's Eye View Map(Page)

    Origins of the Historic Bird's Eye View Map

    On Nostalgia - An Essay(Page)

     

    Baseball's Bloomer Girls(Post)

    You have probably seen the movie “A League of their Own” starring Madonna and Geena Davis.  Women’s baseball teams, belonging to the All-American Girls Baseball League (AAGBL) brought the game back

    The Gold Rush’s Hazy Grays(Post)

    John W. Marshall inadvertently made — and changed — history on January 24, 1848, when the carpenter found bits of gold at entrepreneur John Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. The men tried to keep

    States Helping States. It Has Happened Before.(Post)

    In response to the medical disaster unfolding in New York, the governors of Oregon, Washington and California sent ventilators. Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots football team, sent 300,

    Mark Twain on the Danube(Post)

    Acclaimed novelist, lecturer, humorist, journalist, and travel writer—Mark Twain (1835-1910) received a celebrity’s welcome when he arrived in Vienna in September 1897. Bookstores could not keep up