Today, September 2, marks the eightieth anniversary of the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. On this date in 1945,...

Andrew Carnegie's life is the stereotypical rags-to-riches-by-self-improvement story. He went from his first job as a bobbin boy in a...

Jeb Stuart, a major general of cavalry in the Confederate Army, had a score to settle. It might have seemed a little thing to most other...

It's probably a little-known detail, hardly worth noting, but water played a part in a lot of events that occurred on this date in...

Get out that stack of books in your tottering to-be-read pile, choose one, and get ready to celebrate. Tomorrow is National Book Lover's...

When the airmen were awakened at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 1, 1943, had their breakfast, and attended their pre-flight briefing, the...

When I first began to enjoy reading, my grandparents were good about giving me some good books to read, feeding an appetite for the...

We often look at a few facts and quickly reach conclusions based on our assumptions about some of the missing facts. History provides...

I've been an avid baseball fan, specifically of the Atlanta Braves, since shortly after the team moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta in 1966....

Independence . The exercise of self-government; self-sufficiency. That was what the thirteen American colonies of Great Britain were...

I suppose I'm no different than most other men in that I don't enjoy "shopping" the way women do. I can't "browse," strolling leisurely...

When U.S., British, and Canadian troops stormed ashore on the various designated beaches of Normandy on 6 June 1944, the 3rd Armored...

I just learned that today, June 13, is National Sewing Machine Day . Who makes up these momentous days of national commemoration?! I...

It's been 81 years now since the young American soldiers parachuted behind the German lines and stormed the beaches of Normandy, France....

We live in a disposable, use-it-wear-it-out-throw-it-away society. Things are not made to last. They're made to function for a short...

Tomorrow, May 24, has been designated "Brother's Day." Since I do have a brother--older, much older than I (and he just yesterday...

I never foresaw myself really retiring. For one thing, having spent a good part of my adult life teaching in Christian schools and...

I recall from my childhood that Mother used to have a big book that she often referred to when she was hosting a dinner party or other...

It seems that this is the start of "Get Caught Reading Month." I should have no problem being caught and convicted of that charge because...

My initial thought in beginning this post (before my focus was changed) was to highlight a few historic events that had occurred on this...