Saturday, February 16, 2013

Lewis & Clark arrogance ... and "coppolating" grizzlies

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American Indians hunting grizzly bears, by George Catlin (1796-1872) Meriwether Lewis and William Clark brought just a little arrogance...
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Saturday, February 9, 2013

The swastika ... before Hitler and the Nazis

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  The front of a postcard mailed from New York to Connecticut in 1910. Before Hitler and the Nazis made it their symbol beginning in ...
Saturday, February 2, 2013

The North's General George McClellan ... and underestimating the South's Robert E. Lee

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Confederate General Robert E. Lee (left) and Union General George B. McClellan (right) As the Civil War ramped up in 1862, Union Genera...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

Edwin M. Stanton ... greatly unimpressed upon meeting Lincoln

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Edwin M. Stanton, sometime between 1855 and 1865 Within a year after Republican Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as U.S. President in 18...
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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Paul Revere ... less successful than others on that night

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Paul Revere, circa 1768-1770 (Painting by John Singleton Copley) Paul Revere today gets most of the credit for warning American patriot...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

When celebrating Christmas was illegal in America ...

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The History Insider offered this item before Christmas a year ago, but thought it worth mentioning again for those who missed it or those f...
Saturday, December 8, 2012

Russian diplomats ... and American bread

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Arkady N. Shevchenko – who in 1978 became the highest ranking official of the Soviet Union to defect to the United States – traveled to New ...