On Christmas Eve, 1914, a World War I truce soldiers started a Christmas Truce spontaneously.

The Pandemic has made in-person Passover Seders challenging; but nothing like some of the difficult circumstances of the past.

Guest Blogger Simon Tanzman tells the story of Uruguay's upset win over Brazil in the 1950 World Cup, considered by some to be the Biggest Upset in World Cup History and yes, the Pope, Frank Sinatra and Alcides Ghiggia are part of the tale.

All college football fans know that the Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry is intense.  But in 1836 the states of Michigan and Ohio nearly went into actual battle over a boundary dispute.

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the Fourth Thursday of November. That was not always the case.

In 1920 the Soviet Union invaded Poland, reaching the gates of Warsaw, before the Poles repulsed them. Did Poland save the World from Communism?

30 years ago, 1991, the world received what might be the best Christmas gift ever, of modern times.

A ‘creative non-fiction’ story.

George Washington wrote out a copy of a book entitled “110 Rules of Civility” in his schoolbook when he was about 14-years old. What can we learn from these rules?

A look at the President with, arguably, the strongest Civil Rights record.

Decoration Day, now Memorial Day, started in response to the immense number of Civil War casualties.

One man organized a series of food relief efforts throughout his life. He helped save tens of millions of lives and is one of the great humanitarians of history.

How was the first 4th of July celebrated after the end of the Civil War - July 4, 1865?

This week is the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13, an inspiring story of survival. But Earnest Shackleton’s story, leading a crew of 28 to survive over a year and a half, stranded in Antarctica, is unbelievable

Nine Stories about Abraham Lincoln covering the early years until his death.

November 9, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Our history is full of partisan and angry politics.

What happens when two of history’s most evil, malevolent dictators sign a peace agreement? Cataclysm.

Two speeches bookmark the moon landing project. One delivered, one undelivered. One well known, the other unknown.

Four empires collapsed during World War I – the German Empire, the Russian Empire, the Austria-Hungary Empire, and the Ottoman Empire.