On This Day: The Civil War’s Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
By Tony Pettinato on August 30, 2018
An article about the Confederacy’s victory in the Civil War’s Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) in Virginia on 28-30 Aug. 1862... (Read More)
Category: History
Back to School: Dress Codes from the Past
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 28, 2018
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about high school dress codes from the past... (Read More)
On This Day: World’s First Successful Oil Well – Drilled in 1859!
By Tony Pettinato on August 27, 2018
An article about Edwin L. Drake drilling the first commercially successful oil well, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, on 27 August 1859... (Read More)
On This Day: Atomic Bomb Destroys Hiroshima
By Tony Pettinato on August 6, 2018
An article about the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, instantly killing over 70,000 people and wounding even more... (Read More)
On This Day: The Civil War’s Horrific ‘Battle of the Crater’
By Tony Pettinato on July 30, 2018
An article about the Battle of the Crater on 30 July 1864 during the American Civil War, a disaster for the Union army... (Read More)
Joaquin Murietta, the ‘Robin Hood of El Dorado’
By Tony Pettinato on July 25, 2018
An article about Joaquin Murietta, the “Robin Hood of El Dorado,” who was killed on 25 July 1853 by a band of California State Rangers... (Read More)
On This Day: Sad, Painful Death for President Ulysses S. Grant
By Tony Pettinato on July 23, 2018
An article about the death of President Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War hero, who died a painful and impoverished death at the age of 63 on 23 July 1885... (Read More)
Civil War Draft Riot: Mob Violence in New York City
By Tony Pettinato on July 13, 2018
An article about the Civil War-era Draft Riots in New York City that began on 13 July 1863 and lasted for four violent, destructive days... (Read More)
On This Day: Korean War’s First Major Clash between U.S. & North Korean Troops
By Tony Pettinato on July 5, 2018
An article about the Korean War’s Battle of Osan on 5 July 1950, the first major clash of the war between U.S. and North Korean troops... (Read More)
