From Our Humor Department:The British Frigate caught site of a French Sloop-of-War shelling a cargo ship. The First Officer ran to the Quarter
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The Coronation of Napoleon
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Napoleon Elected Emperor.IntroductionThe French Revolution did not set
Isaac Jogues Comes Back
Crowds gathered from the neighboring towns to gaze on the man whom they had known as a scorned and abused slave, and who now appeared among them as
No Further Need to Fear Coup
Today's installment concludes The Gunpowder Plot,our selection from What the Gunpowder Plot Was by Samuel R. Gardiner published in 1897.If you
Fawkes Reveals the Plan
First they hired the house at Westminster, of one Ferres, and having his house they sought then to make a mine under the Upper House of
First Presidential Photo John Quincy Adams
by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. This article Oldest Known Photo of a U.S. President Found was published 2
The Charlottsville Riot a Week Later: A Few Thoughts
by Jack Le MoineOn the Rioters The Alt-Right White Supremacists are evil. The Alt-Right is not The Right which means it is not
On Understanding Business
Many entrepreneurs do not realize that many of the problems their businesses face today began yesterday, long before there was a business.When
King Orders Fawkes to be Tortured
If he will not otherwise confess," the King had ended by saying, "the gentler tortures are to be first used unto him.”Continuing The Gunpowder