by Liisa Eyerly Roman gardens were designed as earthly paradises—places of beauty, tranquility, and escape. Yet some of the empire's mos...

October brought crisp air, blushing leaves, and the first sighs of winter to the Wild West. After months spent planting, tending, and harves...

Imagine being fifteen or sixteen years old, packing everything you own into a small bag, saying goodbye to the girls who have become your si...

  by Tom Goodman This historical marker stands in front of the First Methodist Church of Groveton, Texas In 1903, a twenty-eight-year-old Me...

  When we think of Thomas Edison, we usually think of the light bulb, the phonograph, or perhaps the motion picture camera. But Edison...

By Catherine Ulrich Brakefield In my September 16th blog post, “Courage More Exhilarating than Fear” Eleanor and Franklin chose not...

by Sherry Shindelar Women Volunteering at a Philadelphia Hospital during the Civil War  (photo courtesy of the Library of Congress) Twenty-e...