•
The golden bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius from Avenches, western Switzerland, is going on display at the Getty. It is the largest known bust of an emperor made of a precious metal and one of only a handful of gold busts to escape being melted down. This Marcus Aurelius bust…
•
In 1968, the author received the Pulitzer Prize for this photograph – one of the most prestigious awards in the United States, which is awarded for achievements in music, cinema, theater and journalism. The picture shows two electricians, Randall Champion and Jay Thompson, hanging from a power pole. That day…
•
The S.S. Central America, often referred to as the “”Ship of Gold,”” has fascinated people not only due to its valuable cargo but also because of a mysterious relic dubbed the “”Mona Lisa of the Deep.”” In 1857, the S.S. Central America set sail on what would tragically become its…
•
This ancient wooden road, laid to pass a swampy area, dates back an impressive 4,573 years, and stretches for at least 800 meters. Through the meticulous science of dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating, experts have pinpointed its construction to 2,549 BC. The road’s preservation in the peat bog has allowed for…
•
This was not the Abernathy boys’ first adventure.In 1909, the two brothers, Louis “Bud,” aged nine, and Temple, five, encountered a host of Old West obstacles, including wolves and wild rivers, when they rode more than 1,000 miles from Oklahoma to Santa Fe and back—ALONE!The following year (1910), the brothers…
•
Monica Lin Brown (born 24 May 1988) a United States Army sergeant and medic who became the first woman during the War in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the United States military’s third-highest medal for valor in combat. In April 2007, after a roadside bomb detonated near a convoy of Humvees in…
•
Private First Class Ross A. McKim is distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an M2 .50-caliber Machine Gunner, 1st Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, in connection with combat operations against an armed enemy in Adhamiyah,…
•
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history. He received every military combat award for valor available…
•
unbelievable death of 10,000,000 million people in USA in one single day. I keep hearing the question: How come public health officials and the media don’t talk about the thousands of people who die from the flu and keep scaring people with the coronavirus, when there are only a few…
•
Remembering the servicemembers who died in the service of their country. Army Sgt. Shawna M. Morrison 26, of Champaign, Illinois.Morrison died in Baghdad, Iraq, during a mortar attack. She was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 1544th Transportation Company, Paris, Illinois. Died on September 5, 2004. Please send information, photos,…