Walt Disney War Bond Certificates of World War II
During World War II, to encourage parents to purchase war bonds in their children’s names, the U.S. Treasury Department asked Disney...
Lt. Colonel David K. Wardwell – The Amazing Story of a Life from the Civil War to the O.K. Corral
Collecting Civil War images offers great opportunities for research. Thanks to a host of online and archival resources, the stories of...
Looking Back at Inspiration
One of the good things about getting older is the ability to look back and take stock. Reflection reveals understanding. It is only...
A Stirring Relic of War: RAF “Scramble” Bells
RAF Pilots with Scramble Bell Perhaps the most iconic item associated with the RAF involvement in the 1940 Battle of Britain are the...
BOOK REVIEW: Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright (with Bob Woodward) New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. $27.99 288pp. Fascism: A Warning...
From the Field of Gettysburg: Two Unusual Bullets from an Early Collection
There were many different types of bullets used by the opposing armies during the battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. Cavalry troopers...
Lost in Training: The Final Flight of RAF Sergeant Emrys Ivor Lewis
While it is the brave Fighter Command pilots who flew during the Battle of Britain that stir the imagination and conjure up Churchill’s...
Bobby Kennedy Tells a Joke
Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Albany, New York on September 19, 1964 (Credit: Albany Times-Union) Living in the long public shadow of John...
In the Shadow of Camelot: A Book Review
Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit by Chris Matthews. Simon & Schuster, 416 pages, $28.99 Robert F. Kennedy was born a son of privilege. For...
An Army for the Ages
The American Civil War is often described as a young person’s fight. While many of the soldiers who fought in the war were less than 18...
