We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it
Editor’s Note: The following is extracted from Days to Remember: The British Empire in the Great War, by John Buchan and Henry Newbolt (published 1922). On May 30, 1916, the Grand Fleet
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Khartoum Campaign, 1898, by Bennet Burleigh (published 1899). All spelling in the original. (Continued from Part 1) Before I deal with the second phase of
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Khartoum Campaign, 1898, by Bennet Burleigh (published 1899). All spelling in the original. The supreme and greatest victory ever achieved by British arms in the
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from The Heroic Record of the British Navy: A Short History of the Naval War 1914-1918, by Archibald Hurd and H.H. Bashford (published 1919). Situated off
Editor’s note: Here follow Chapters 46 through 52 of My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War, by General Ben Viljoen (published 1902). All spelling in the original. (Continued from Part 7) CHAPTER XLVI
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political
Editor’s Note: You can read this, and other valuable historical narratives, here. By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed
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