Dred Scott was a slave who traveled with his owner, an Army doctor, whose job took him to many states, including northern states in which slavery was outlawed. Therefore, when his owner died Scott sued for his freedom, claiming his time in free states made him a free person.When the case, Dred ...
<em>“No mail, low morale.” – Motto of the WAC 6888th Battalion</em>If you think postal carriers have it tough swiftly completing their appointed rounds during rain, snow, heat or gloom of night, imagine the task before the 6888th Central Postal Battalion of the ...
This week we celebrate President’s Day, a combined holiday honoring, in my mind, our two greatest presidents, George Washington, born February 22, 1732, and Abraham Lincoln, born February 12, 1809.Why I believe these two men are the greatest presidents to serve our nation is not because of ...
As important as was the alliance between “The Big Three” – Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union – during World War II, in late 1944, as the war was nearing its end, William Bullitt, the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, cabled President Franklin Roosevelt that Soviet ...
Ronald Reagan, born this week (Feb. 6) in 1911, was, at 74 years old, the then-oldest serving president when he faced the biggest scandal of his presidency, the Iran-Contra affair.Old age can take its toll, and Reagan also had several physical ailments, including nearly dying four years earlier ...
<em>“Mummy, I am going to be afraid, Mummy.” – A 3-year-old Jewish boy being sent from France to Auschwitz</em>This week (Jan. 27) in 1945, Soviet soldiers liberated the most notorious Nazi death camp of them all, Auschwitz, but it was too late to save the more ...
