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 graphic, from the National Park Service, depicts the headquarter-locations of General U.S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee at the time of the Con...
Click on the image to see a better view of the graph. This graph, from the U.S. Social Security Administration, depicts the dramatic drop in Gross Na...
When word of the disaster in Chicago spread throughout America, people (and businesses) in other cities generously donated funds to help the sufferers...
This list - a continued compilation indicating U.S. cities quickly responding to Chicago's cries for help - shows how supportive Americans were for Ch...
Throughout the country, Americans responded to Chicago's pleas for help. When news of the disaster reached London - a city whose own residents h...
Bookcover image of SOS Wilhelm Gustloff. Die größte Schiffskatastrophe der Geschichte (SOS Wilhelm Gustloff. The Biggest Shipwreck in Histo...
Image of the letter which Kaiser Wilhelm II wrote to President Wilson in 1914.
This is the poster for Deliverance, the silent-film about Helen Keller's life.
In his book, The Underground Railroad, William Still tells the story of Henry Brown who escaped to freedom in a sealed box. When the lid was rem...
The Wilhelm Gustloff was part of Germany's "Strength through Joy" program. In short, working-class people could take vacations aboard the ship (...
The text of this story, published in the Hammond Times on the 50th anniversary of Dillinger's death (July 22, 1984), reads as follows: "Her nightma...
This is part two of a story about Hobart Wilgus, published in the Hammond Times on the 50th anniversary of Dillinger's death (July 22, 1984). It...
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