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Civil War Cold Case | News, Sports, Jobs
15+ hour, 32+ min ago (1005+ words) Through DNA testing and old-fashioned sleuthing, the Maryland teenager who died in one of the last big battles of the American Revolution can now take his place in history, just in time for the 250th birthday of the nation he fought…...
Tenerife steps back in time to re-enact Nelson's British Invasion of 1797
11+ hour, 19+ min ago (410+ words) Hundreds of people gathered in the Barranco de Santos in Santa Cruz de Tenerife last night (Friday) as the city travelled back 229 years to relive one of the most important moments in its history – the British invasion led by Admiral…...
The two-day stand that earned Francis Hesseltine the Medal of Honor
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1687+ words) Hesseltine was born Dec. 10, 1833, in Bangor, Maine, to Peter Heald Hesseltine and Sarah Hamlin Snow Hesseltine. He attended Waterville College, now Colby College, before leaving school in April 1861, the month the Civil War began, to enlist in the Union Army....
The Road To Independence: British arrive in New York Harbor
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (442+ words) (Editor's Note: As part of the ongoing series featured in The Recorder provided by the Alta Mira Chapter of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, The Recorder will also periodically feature patriots who are ancestors of local…...
Review: Montgomery – flawed and loathsome but a brilliant commander
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (680+ words) It is a sign of the passage of time that the subtitle to this biography should explicitly identify Bernard Montgomery as a ‘World War II general’. ‘Monty’ and a few, but not many, other generals were well known as celebrities…...
106th Rescue Wing Families Explore Military History Museum
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (297+ words) Children and family members connected to the Westhampton Beach-based Air National Guard unit toured the expanded Rocky Point museum, learning firsthand about the sacrifices of America’s service members. Families connected to the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing visited…...
Thrace’s First Farmers: The Settlement of Paradimi Is Older Than Previously Believed and Had a Double Defensive System
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (940+ words) Multidisciplinary research at the mound of Paradimi, in northeastern Greece, has dated its origin to the Early Neolithic for the first time, around 6200 BC or even earlier. The results, published in the journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, confirm that Paradimi…...
Older than most empires, now on the danger list: Tyre's ruins caught in modern conflict
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (16+ words) Newswav...
Band of Brothers at 25: A Guide to 101st Airborne Division Artifacts at the Museum
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (808+ words) Bring the history of the 101st Airborne Division to life through the artifacts, personal stories, and interactive exhibits on display throughout The National WWII Museum. Twenty-five years ago, Band of Brothers introduced millions to the story of the 101st Airborne Division. Today,…...
On D-Day a C-47 with fuselage windows melted, flying on one engine towed a glider to its LZ so that it would not sink in the water. The C-47 crash landed and its crew survived.
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (399+ words) Few aircraft are as well known, were so widely used or used as long as the C-47. Affectionately nicknamed the “Gooney Bird,” this aircraft was adapted from the Douglas DC-3 commercial airliner. The US Army Air Corps ordered its first C…...