On this day just over a hundred years ago, the British passenger steam ship RMS Lusitania sank after being torpedoed by a German U-Boat killing 1,195 of those aboard — 128 of the whom were Americans. The incident forever changed the trajectory of American neutrality during WWI, a fact made evident by the intense coverage it received in the American press.
Read MoreMilicent Fenwick was a lot of things. She was a mother, model, fashion editor, Congresswoman, and diplomat. But she was never conventional or typical. Milicent’s life was very much defined by her going her own way, however her impact on politics as a whole inspired a great deal of positive change in Congress and beyond.
There is no doubt that the ongoing COVID19 pandemic is an important part of the American story. However, it is not the first time that the United States has faced an outbreak of disease on such a scale. Americans saw their first cases in the Spanish Flu pandemic in March 1918. But did you know that the first American cases of the 1918 flu might have actually been the first cases of the disease in the world?
Read More“Tout le sang coule rouge” is not from the clever mind of some Hollywood scriptwriter. It is the actual title of an unpublished autobiography of, oddly enough, an American. The story of Eugene Bullard is one of grit and determination and should have been taught in schools.
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