America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
East Chicago's official web site provides the following information about this Indiana city: Incorporated in 1893 as a railroad and steel town, Eas...
The only other Pilgrim to write about life in Plimoth Plantation was Edward Winslow. He published his book, Good Newes from New England, in 1624...
In March of 1945, Albert Einstein wrote another letter to President Roosevelt. He urged caution as America moved forward with the development of...
Although he was a pacifist, who despised war, Albert Einstein also realized that if Hitler and his scientists were the first to discover how to build ...
This image depicts the second page of a letter - from Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt - which changed the world.
A key part of General Eisenhower's June 6th "Eyes Only" message to General Marshall - before the Supreme Allied Commander had received any word of tro...
Was General Eisenhower nervous or apprehensive, in any way, regarding the Normandy Invasion? He may not have expressed words, but he gives us a clue ...
Returning to the Earth's atmosphere, from a journey to space, astronauts aboard the orbiter see what they call a "light show." What causes that phenom...
In 1932, Al Capone was on his way to prison. Connected to another prisoner with a three-foot-long chain, he tried to bury his face in his should...
On his way to prison, Al Capone made an interesting observation about Prohibition and the outlawing of alcoholic beverages in America: They ought t...
The back-cover of this work tells more about it and its main subject ... Eliot Ness.
After Elizabeth Packard began expressing her views on religious topics, in a Bible-study class held in her village of Manteno (Illinois), her husband ...
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