One of the big tests one often faces in life is how to deal with disappointments. They can be viewed as disasters that derail plans, as...

My wife and I recently returned from a "working vacation." In this post, I share just a few random thoughts sparked by events along the...

One of the many bits of advice given to aspiring, struggling, and "blocked" writers is this: Write what you know. That's good advice....

Earlier this week, many historically attuned people remembered and commemorated the 78th anniversary of the Allied landings on the shores...

With Father's Day coming up later this month, I've been thinking about the influence my own dad had on me. I've thought often lately...

Today, May 27, we look back at a few historic events that occurred on this date. We can learn several lessons from these happenings if we...

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 20, we have yet another opportunity to give honor to whom honor is due. This occasion, formally established on...

The close of another school year is upon us. During my 19 years of teaching, I experienced the end of school enough to know firsthand...

Tomorrow is V-E Day, "Victory in Europe Day." On this date, we remember the unconditional surrender of all military forces of Hitler's...

In junior high English class, one of our assignments was to write letters to a family member or friend who was serving in the military at...

Historians (but not only historians) have a variety of ways of identifying the dates of objects and photographs that lack any verifiable...

Just a quick update on my upcoming book Evangelism and Expulsion: Missionary Work among the Cherokees Until Removal. I've received from...

I enjoy studying "On This Day in History" lists. They often include not only genuinely historic events but also some other interesting...

Early in my formal education, shortly after I had learned to enjoy reading, I somewhere picked up the habit (I thought it was an...

We tend to take vacations to give ourselves rest, relaxation, and possibly some recreation to help us recover from our energy-depleting...

Just learned that my story on South Carolina Revolutionary War heroine Dicey Langston is airing tonight on the national Our American...

James Hugh McNeilly was a Cumberland Presbyterian chaplain in the 49th Tennessee Infantry (CSA) during the War Between the States....

As we witness daily, almost hourly, reports of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it reminds us of how war can divide not only countries...

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, numerous commentators (reporters, historians, politicians, various sorts of "experts," etc.)...

Since World War II veterans seldom talk about their war experiences, if one is to learn much about their experiences, he often has to...