[caption id="attachment_4051" align="alignright" width="144" caption="Joseph Ambrose, WWI vet, holding the flag that covered his son's casket, who was killed in the Korean War."] [/caption] On this day in 1918, at 11 AM, World War I finally ended and the guns fell silent...
It's time for another installment of Links of Interest, the weekend edition of Everything Is History. In this issue, we have some typographical history, some xbox live history, a letter from a jilted lover, among other things. As usual, if the title is self-explanatory...
With the close of World War II came an international military tribunal which sought the prosecution of 24 of the most prominent German Nazi officials in the areas of military, politics and economics, according to newworldencyclopedia.org. This tribunal, or trial rather...
Today marks two eventful occasions in the history of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The first occurred in 1945 with the founding of the organization. For this agency, “it is not enough to build classrooms in devastated...
Americans live by the ecclesiastical phrase eat, drink, and be merry. We love eating so much that we use culinary tools to describe our society (melting pots and salad bowls). One of the benefits of having such a diverse society means having a diverse selection of grub...
[caption id="attachment_2078" align="alignright" width="155" caption="Wilfred Owen - Image via Wikipedia"] [/caption] This is one of my favorite poems of all time. It was written by Wilfred Owen, a British soldier, during World War I, and was in stark contrast to public...
“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.” -Ben Franklin The above quote is one that my grandmother repeated almost daily during my formative years, although I didn't fully understand what it meant until I reached adulthood. I'd probably never fully understand...
Nickname: The Volunteer State Date Ratified: June 1, 1796 (16th) Capital: Nashville [caption id="attachment_1838" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Tennessee"] [/caption] Tennessee earned its nickname during the War of 1812 when volunteers from the state...
This isn't just another rehashing of the generally unremarkable things that have happened within the last 20 years, this actually goes back about 2500 years. 413 BC A lunar eclipse causes panic among the sailors of the Athens fleet, affecting the outcome of a battle...
