Warfare
The Battle of Gettysburg
By the summer of 1863, the American Civil War had become a test of endurance as much as strategy. The…
History
The History of Burial Customs
Before temples, churches, cemeteries, undertakers, mourning cards, and carefully chosen funeral music, there was the simple and deeply human problem…
Biographies
Jim Lovell
James Arthur Lovell Jr. was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 25 March 1928, but much of his childhood was shaped…
Disasters
The Port Chicago Explosion
By the summer of 1944, the United States was deep into the Second World War, and the demand for ammunition…
