Johnny Horton: American War Balladeer Taught History Through Music
Johnny Horton, known also as “The Singing Fisherman”, led a life as adventurous and interesting as his storied songs. He grew up in Texas and…
The Stories Behind 10 Soon to Be Forgotten War Songs
Every war needs a song, we have collected ten songs from the past 300 years that were popular in war. A trip down memory lane!…
Learning From History: Belgian WWI Refugees in Britain
Over 100 years ago a refugee crisis was going on in Europe that mirrors what is happening in our own time. People were fleeing Russia,…
Top Ten Underrated Military TV Shows
For whatever reason, some of the best shows on television are canceled, short-lived, or never reach syndication. Some do but fizzle out after a few…
3 Stories of Humanity and Compassion in WWII
Even during WWII, one of the largest and most deadly conflicts in recent history, there were moments of humanity and compassion. Here are three of these…
4 Funny Urban Legends of War
Usually when we think of urban legends we think of dark and mysterious stories that make us want to lock our doors. When we think…
3 Urban Legends of War That Are Actually True… And One That Is Not
Legends, stories, and anecdotes are woven through the quilt of veteran and civilian experiences of war. We gain new words from war slang, and the…
How Agatha Christie’s Terrible Experience As WWI Nurse Helped Inspire Hercule Poirot
Well-founded speculation abounds that famed mystery author, Agatha Christie, used her experiences as a war time nurse in plotting and detailing the killings in her…
Did You Know “Kilroy was Here” Can Be Found On National WWII Memorial In Washington?
A little comic relief really does work to calm the nerves and reduce tension. A welcome and a nod can make a new and frightening…
Shot Down Over Hungary, Parachuted, Shot In The Heart And Nearly Lynched But Saved At The Last Moment!
A fresh, young, pilot of only 22, Richard Carroll was in the midst of his 15th mission when his B24 was hit by flak. The…
Canary Girls – Women Munition Workers In WWI Turned Yellow And Gave Birth To Yellow Babies
It is sadly something you might see in reimagined Wizard of Oz – girls in ruffled hats, full skirts, puffy sleeves, and Peter Pan collars…
Did You Know Our Grandparents Met Civil War Soldiers? Links To The Past!
The Civil War was long ago, but there are living people that remember meeting veterans of that war in their schools and town squares when…