The US Presidency and Tecumseh’s Curse
In 1840, General William Henry Harrison easily won the US presidency. He was celebrated as a war hero for having…
The Scandalous Typhoid Mary
In 1907, Mary Mallon was working as a household cook when an inspector named George Soper knocked on her employer’s…
The Rise and Fall of Jamestown
In the early 1600s, an English preacher named Alexander Whitaker described a land where winters were dry and fair, forests…
Deep Throat and his Legacy
In the pre-dawn hours of June 17, 1972, a security guard called police officers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington,…
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
“Listen children and you shall hear/The midnight ride of Paul Revere.” So begins a famous poem penned by Henry Wadsworth…
The Frenzy of Salem Witch Trials
Over the summer of 1692, members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony became caught up in a frenzy of superstition and…
The Botched Bay of Pigs Invasion
In the wee morning hours of April 17, 1961, nearly fifteen hundred Cuban exiles descended upon the Bay of Pigs,…
Prohibition and its Repeal
When clocks struck midnight on January 16, 1920, the United States officially went dry. The age of Prohibition had begun….
Prayer, Persecution, and Portsmouth: A Story of Colonist Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) is a key figure in the history of American religious freedom. As a pioneer settler of Massachusetts…
Navajo Windtalkers: America’s Secret Weapon
When the United States fought World War II, they ran the constant risk of information being intercepted over radio waves….