A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, looking at the old pages as he turned them. Then someth...

So it's the 4th of July night and all the dead presidents are gathered around a campfire having a party.  They're dri...

Today In 1800, the federal government of our nation moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.

“You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes ar...

A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty foo...

Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile barrier for the first time in human history.  Prior to him accomplishing...

The Coinage Act of 1864 authorized the use of "In God We Trust" on one-cent and two-cent coins.  

Charlie Chaplin was born today in 1889.  Best known for his character the Tramp, he was an actor, director and film p...

Yes.  The Pony Express!  The Pony Express started in 1860 and was a private enterprise consisting of relay teams...

On this day in 1973, the last US combat soldier left Vietnam, making the official end to the Vietnam War.  Master Ser...

In 1953, Dr. Jonas Salk announced he had successfully developed a new vaccine against the poliovirus.  This disease h...

Theodor Geisel was born March 2 in 1904   Never heard of him?  The American children’s author wrote a...

World War II was a people's war.  Millions of Americans enlisted and millions supported the war effort at home. ...