Yankee Doodle Spies

In the Beginning Society of the Cincinnati Crest Before the Veterans of Foreign Wars, before the American Legion, and even before t...

The Shot Heard Round the World The weapon most closely associated with the American Revolution, that is, the times of the Yankee Doodle S...

A House Divided The American Revolution was as much a civil war as a rebellion. Yes, the colonies rebelled against the king and parliamen...

Mongol Warriors  Myth Most wars have more than their share of urban legend, mythology, and plain old disinformation. Sometimes it is ...

Fans of the fabulous German naval flick, Das Boo t, should not necessarily be disappointed by my little bait and switch. As I write this blo...

Most Americans are familiar with the American Revolution in New York. Still, even fewer are aware of the war on Long Island, which in 1776 e...

Okay, sue me.  I am the king of bad puns.  But today, August 10th is Lord Howe's birthday so now let's move on to the subject at han...