browser icon
You are using an insecure version of your web browser. Please update your browser!
Using an outdated browser makes your computer unsafe. For a safer, faster, more enjoyable user experience, please update your browser today or try a newer browser.

American History

Wake Island The Alamo Of The Pacific

Wake Island was an American outpost in the central Pacific. Wake is a coral atoll, made up of three islands. Wake Island itself is the largest, and forms two sides of a triangle. Peale Island and Wilkes Island extend the two arms of Wake Island. The three islands are tiny – only 2.5 square miles … Continue reading »

Categories: American History, War In The Pacific, World War II | Tags: , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Ronald Reagan “Tear Down This Wall” June 12, 1987

Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen: Twenty-four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, speaking to the people of this city and the world at the City Hall. Well, since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn, to Berlin. And today I, myself, make my second visit to your … Continue reading »

Categories: American History, Great Speeches | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Pearl Harbor mini-submarine mystery solved?

Researchers think they have found the remains of a Japanese mini-submarine that probably fired on U.S. battleships on Dec. 7, 1941. The remains of a Japanese mini-submarine that participated in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor have been discovered, researchers are to report today, offering strong evidence that the sub fired its torpedoes … Continue reading »

Categories: American History, War In The Pacific, World War II | Tags: , , , | 1 Comment

54 Massachussetts Infantry Regiment

The first African American Soldiers in the Union Army Continue reading »

Categories: American History, Civil War | Tags: , , , , , , , | 5 Comments