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.
Benjamin Banneker, a free black, prepared an Almanac for 1792 which his publishers called "an extraordinary effort of genius." Banneker’s white ...
Soon after the Pearl Harbor attacks, official inquiries began. How could this have happened? Was America so completely unprepared for a Ja...
John Pine wanted to insure that the story told by tapestries hanging in the House of Lords, illustrating scenes from the Spanish-Armada sea battles be...
This image depicts the cover page of Philip Johnston's proposal to use the Navajo language as a code during World War II. He submitted his idea in Fe...
This image depicts the first page of Philip Johnston's proposal to use the Navajo language as the basis for a WWII code. Click on the image for a bet...
This image depicts the second page of Philip Johnston's proposal to use the Navajo language as the basis for a WWII code. Click on the image for a be...
Jan Hus refused to recant his beliefs, no matter how hard anyone tried to change his mind. He had endured months of imprisonment in a rat-infest...
Bookcover image of In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War, by Alice Rains Trulock.
Bookcover image of K-19 the Widowmaker: The Secret Story of The Soviet Nuclear Submarine, by Peter Huchthausen.
This image depicts the last page of a letter which Kaiser Wilhelm wrote to President Woodrow Wilson before World War I erupted. It contains a KE...
This image depicts page 2 of the letter which Kaiser Wilhelm II wrote to President Wilson during 1914.
This image depicts page 3 of the letter which Kaiser Wilhelm II wrote to President Wilson during 1914.
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