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Revolver of Confederacy’s Jefferson Davis fetches $470K at auction
A revolver worn by Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis on the day of his surrender fetched a pretty penny.
By Jon Simkins
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Nominee for top VA benefits job withdraws, restarting search
The nomination of Ray Jefferson to serve as undersecretary for benefits had been stalled since the spring.
Seventy-five years later, the Netherlands honors the ‘Black Liberators’ who helped end the Nazi occupation
In 1944, Allied forces began liberating the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. Among these soldiers were black GIs whose role in the liberation had largely been overlooked in historical accounts. Now, the Black Liberators Project seeks to highlight the service and sacrifice of these soldiers, including the 172 buried in Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.
By Dylan Gresik
Hail, Lafayette!
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, had returned to America to ‘see for himself the fruit borne on the tree of liberty.’
By Ronald H. Bailey, HistoryNet.com
Wildlife now roam where US once forged its deadliest weapons
From a tiny Pacific island to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of sites where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind are now peaceful havens for wildlife.
The Navy’s Ex Ex and a legacy of military naturalists
On Aug. 18, 1838, the Exploring Expedition led by Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes embarked on a world cruise of scientific discovery. He fit well into a class of armed scientists, military naturalists who rose to prominence in the 18th and 19th centuries.
By Richard Conniff, HistoryNet
McCain, Country Joe McDonald, the VFW and Woodstock
It was the weekend that shaped the image of a "Woodstock Generation." And that image would echo, appeal and provoke for generations to come.
The Navy’s journey from racial segregation to equality
Even after President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 in 1948, integrating all branches of the U.S. military, every ship of the line remained white.
By Thomas W. Fleming, MHQ Magazine
When John Paul Jones crossed over
In 1905, an American cruiser took the remains of the Revolutionary War naval hero home.
By Ellen Hampton, Military History Magazine