ill Davidson was cooking up his meager breakfast on the morning of February 21, 1862 when he heard the distinctive pop! pop! pop! of rifle fire, echoing over the sand hills. It was coming from a few miles north of […]
Military & Maritime
Visit the Famous Ironclad Monitor for One Dollar
Remembering the lasting legacy on the Monitor on our naval history
Andrew Jackson and the C & O Canal
Highlighting the first instance of federal troops being called out to quash labor unrest
Dr. Mary E. Walker: “Clothes Make the (Wo)man”
“It is a shame that people who lead reforms in this world are not appreciated until after they are dead…”
Remembering the Sultana Explosion
The worst maritime disaster in American history
The Fighting Roosevelts
Discussing the Roosevelt family’s biggest military accomplishments
Natalie Scott and the Great War Love Story
Exploring the complexities of race and gender during World War I
Joshua L. Chamberlain and Civil War Memory
Retelling the past to relive, reshape, and perhaps rewrite it
Butler the Beast
How insulting the honor of women led to a brutal lynching
The 1864 Battle of Olustee and Black Freedom
Pinpointing where African American soldiers cemented emancipation