Featured in us historyBYBlake StilwellNov 7, 2022ShareThis is how Vietnam almost became a protectorate of the USIt’s no secret by now that Ho Chi Minh really admired the founding principles of the United States. He even quoted Thomas Jefferson from the American Declaration of Independence in his declaration of independence for Vietnam. Many academ… BYBlake StilwellNov 7, 2022ShareBYCoffee Or DieJun 22, 2021ShareThe Confederate sub that killed its own sailors and namesakeSilently gliding through frigid February water, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley stayed just under the surface as it approached its prey. As it breached the surface, sailors aboard the Housatonic, a Union… BYCoffee Or DieJun 22, 2021ShareBYBlake StilwellMay 12, 2021ShareHere’s how far ‘Air Force One’ has come since the beginning of powered flightThe Commander-In-Chief is more than just an American leader, the office is of global importance. As the “Leader of the Free World,” the American President has to be able to travel all over the U.S. and around the world – safely. So of course, th… BYBlake StilwellMay 12, 2021ShareBYBethaney PhillipsMay 12, 2023ShareThese were the original political parties (and what they stood for)Before there were donkeys and elephants, there were original political parties. BYBethaney PhillipsMay 12, 2023ShareBYCoffee Or DieApr 27, 2021ShareOperation Eagle Claw, 41 years laterOn Sunday morning, Nov. 4, 1979, 3,000 university students, many armed, stormed the US Embassy in Tehran. Two weeks prior, President Jimmy Carter had allowed former Iranian head of state Shah Mohammad… BYCoffee Or DieApr 27, 2021ShareBYJames ElphickApr 18, 2021ShareEverything the US has learned in Afghanistan the Brits learned in the 1800sIn 1839, the forces of Great Britain and the British East India Company invaded Afghanistan in the first major conflict of the “Great Game” – the struggle between Great Britain and Russia for control of Asia. The British quickly defeated the opp… BYJames ElphickApr 18, 2021Share
BYBlake StilwellNov 7, 2022ShareThis is how Vietnam almost became a protectorate of the USIt’s no secret by now that Ho Chi Minh really admired the founding principles of the United States. He even quoted Thomas Jefferson from the American Declaration of Independence in his declaration of independence for Vietnam. Many academ… BYBlake StilwellNov 7, 2022Share
BYCoffee Or DieJun 22, 2021ShareThe Confederate sub that killed its own sailors and namesakeSilently gliding through frigid February water, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley stayed just under the surface as it approached its prey. As it breached the surface, sailors aboard the Housatonic, a Union… BYCoffee Or DieJun 22, 2021Share
BYBlake StilwellMay 12, 2021ShareHere’s how far ‘Air Force One’ has come since the beginning of powered flightThe Commander-In-Chief is more than just an American leader, the office is of global importance. As the “Leader of the Free World,” the American President has to be able to travel all over the U.S. and around the world – safely. So of course, th… BYBlake StilwellMay 12, 2021Share
BYBethaney PhillipsMay 12, 2023ShareThese were the original political parties (and what they stood for)Before there were donkeys and elephants, there were original political parties. BYBethaney PhillipsMay 12, 2023Share
BYCoffee Or DieApr 27, 2021ShareOperation Eagle Claw, 41 years laterOn Sunday morning, Nov. 4, 1979, 3,000 university students, many armed, stormed the US Embassy in Tehran. Two weeks prior, President Jimmy Carter had allowed former Iranian head of state Shah Mohammad… BYCoffee Or DieApr 27, 2021Share
BYJames ElphickApr 18, 2021ShareEverything the US has learned in Afghanistan the Brits learned in the 1800sIn 1839, the forces of Great Britain and the British East India Company invaded Afghanistan in the first major conflict of the “Great Game” – the struggle between Great Britain and Russia for control of Asia. The British quickly defeated the opp… BYJames ElphickApr 18, 2021Share
