A mystery: Vernon Case Gauntt follows clues to discover who “Duke” was – the unknown friend who appears in photos and letters from his Dad during WWII... (Read More)
Photos of homemade coronavirus masks that people are making for themselves, their families and friends, and for health care personnel and first responders... (Read More)
In this article, timely for our current coronavirus pandemic, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes how our ancestors used masks during the 1918 flu pandemic... (Read More)
Exactly what was the Mayflower Compact? Discover how it began and whether your ancestors were a part of this historic moment... (Read More)
In this article, with the whole world fighting COVID-19, Jane Hampton Cook compares this pandemic to the fight against polio 70 years ago... (Read More)
An article about American Harriet Quimby, who on 16 April 1912 became the first woman to fly across the English Channel, in a 50-horsepower monoplane!.. (Read More)
Gena Philibert-Ortega presents a way of understanding the tragedy of the Titanic’s sinking: sheet music written shortly after the maritime disaster... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about some of the other victims of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on 14 April 1865... (Read More)
In this article, with the whole world hoping for a coronavirus vaccine, Jane Hampton Cook writes about the vaccine that conquered polio 65 years ago... (Read More)
