In this article – to help celebrate tomorrow’s Fourth of July festivities – Gena Philibert-Ortega reminisces about the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976... (Read More)
An account from a reporter who was at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, when Confederate forces attacked on 1 July 1863, beginning the Battle of Gettysburg... (Read More)
An article about the first time America fought a Korean War, a largely-forgotten military campaign in the summer of 1871... (Read More)
Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about correspondent Martha Gellhorn, who was the first female reporter to cover D-Day on 6 June 1944 during WWII... (Read More)
An article by Gena Philibert-Ortega about the 85th anniversary of the death of notorious lovers and outlaws Bonnie & Clyde on 23 May 1934... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn how our families celebrated V-E Day on 8 May 1945... (Read More)
An article about the Louisiana Purchase on 30 April 1803, in which France sold a vast territory to the U.S. that doubled America’s size... (Read More)
An article about Earth Day, a global celebration of the Earth’s beauty and fertility, and a call for greater environmental awareness and protection... (Read More)
An article about the genius Albert Einstein’s death on 18 April 1955 – and how the great physicist took his final secret to the grave with him... (Read More)
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