All Hands on Deck! Visit These Seven Historic Ships
Want to explore a World War II sub, a nuclear-powered merchant vessel, or the USS Midway? Bill Newcott tells you how to tour these maritime legacies.
Want to explore a World War II sub, a nuclear-powered merchant vessel, or the USS Midway? Bill Newcott tells you how to tour these maritime legacies.
Many of our holiday classics feature compelling stories that have a lot to tell us about American history, pop culture, and some of the most moving reasons for the season.
Returning to the town of his youth, a writer finds that much has changed — both in the town and in himself.
Like the car crash or the train wreck, the sinking ship is hard to look away from – which explains why there are so many high grossing films featuring boats that don’t float.
After serving in World War II, Jimmy Stewart made a triumphant return to radio.
During World War I, the U.S. government deputized the entire nation to root out German spies, but the amateur agents did more harm than good.
In the news for the week ending December 10, 2021, are a tree problem in London, a vinyl bonanza, our favorite failures, and more.
A movie that was released three years before the 9/11 attacks can help us better understand and reflect on this day of mourning and remembrance.
Following Pearl Harbor, American women signed up on defense-plant jobs in unexpected numbers.
Most of us weren’t on the front lines in France or fighting in Iwo Jima, but classic war movies from the 1940s can help us appreciate the sacrifices that those soldiers made.
On the 100th anniversary of Japanese American activist Yuri Kochiyama’s birth and the passage of the Emergency Quota Act, Ben Railton looks at America’s history of inclusion and exclusion of different identities and communities.
Why did America take such good care of the Axis diplomats detained here?
When FDR thought that the troops needed a boost, the USO answered.
In the news for the week ending January 22, 2021, are instant ice cream, smart lipstick, an undead Gatsby, a fat-shamed dog, and lots and lots of pie.
At 94 years old, Val Lauder has come face to face with polio, the deprivations of war, and now the prospect of COVID-19. She reminds us that we are not the first in confronting something that could harm us. Nor will we be the last.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt died 75 years ago on April 12. Val Lauder, who was working at the Chicago Daily News as a copygirl at the time, remembers the moment she heard the news.