The Battlefield Letter of Sullivan Ballou, 1861
Week of July 8
In the study of history, where resources of fundamental and priceless depth are at our disposal, few artifacts erase the alienation of...
The Battle of Marston Moor, 1644
Week of July 1
Perhaps the largest battle ever fought on English soil took place two years into England’s bloody Civil War. There the King of England, Charles I...
Congress Approves the Resolution for Independence, 1776
Week of June 3
Amongst the largely futile clamor that marked the early half of the Second Continental Congress, there rose to his feet the leading delegate...
David Livingstone Leaves for Africa, 1841
Week of May 27
In his book The Man Who Presumed, Byron Farwell records that former Confederate soldier turned journalist-explorer, Henry Morton Stanley, upon meeting David Livingstone in...
Legacy of the Venerable Bede, 735
Week of May 20
This summer, Landmark Events will be embarking on a tour of the old kingdom of Northumbria, a land once encompassing northern England and southern Scotland, with strategic...
William Wilberforce Makes His First Speech Against the Slave Trade, 1789
Week of May 13
On this day in 1789, William Wilberforce rose to his feet in the House of Commons and began what would become his lifelong crusade to abolish the...
The Sinking of RMS Lusitania, 1915
Week of May 6
The first year of the First World War was markedly contained in the neutral American mind. While Europe and her various colonies all became embroiled against each other in accordance with...
The Allied Air Force Begins Mercy Runs Over Holland, 1945
Week of April 29
On April 29, 1945, the greatest mercy operation of the Second World War began, although initially it had all the marks of a suicide mission, the...
The Pazzi Conspiracy to Assassinate the Medici Family, 1478
Week of April 22
In the late 1400s, the country we now call Italy was divided into many states and governed each by their own rulers. In the north, Milan’s form of...
Remembering the Titanic, 1912
Week of April 8
One hundred twelve years ago, the luxury ocean liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and began to sink. In the three short hours before she was submerged, her enduring legacy of heroism and....