When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
This is the first page of Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, which led to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World...
The Semi-centennial of Ottawa County details eye-witness accounts of the historic fire in Holland Michigan on October 9, 1871. Click on the image for...
In June of 1871, America had better fire-fighting equipment than in "ye olden times," but whatever was available was still inefficient and unable to g...
Image of a map depicting the crashsite of UA 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.Click on the image for a better view.
School children were also vulnerable to the second-wave flu outbreak. This telegram gives notice that a girl, named Lucy Antone, was getting sic...
Prior to his election as President of the United States, Herbert Hoover was the U.S. Food Administrator. This image depicts Hoover's food distri...
President Franklin Roosevelt was in bed, asleep, when he received word during the night that Hitler's troops were invading Poland. This image depicts...
Long before Americans fought a Civil War - beginning in 1861 - slaves were running away. This document, from the U.S. National Archives, depicts...
Image of a front page of the Galveston Tribune a few months after the 1900 Hurricane which crippled the city and devastated its residents. ...
Nine days after the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush addresses a joint session of the 107th Congress. He pledges to defend America's fre...
Bookcover image of Gods and Generals: A Novel of the Civil War, by Jeff Shaara.
This image depicts the book cover of Gordon and the Sudan: Prologue to the Mahdiyya 1877-1880, by Alice Moore Harell. This work helps us to understan...
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