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....
Winston Churchill Creates the RAF, 1918
Week of April 1
On this day in 1918, Britain’s Royal Air Force was created by Winston Churchill. It is now considered the oldest independent flying force in the world. They were spawned from the existing...
Isabella MacDuff Crowns Robert the Bruce, 1306
Week of March 25
Since the overthrow of the infamous Macbeth’s usurpation, Scotland’s rightful kings were crowned by a member of the clan MacDuff....
Princess Pocahontas Dies in England, 1617
Week of March 18
Once upon a time in Jamestown, Virginia, during the days of King James I when America was yet a wilderness, an Indian Princess was traded for a...
The Death of Tiberius Caesar, 37 AD
Week of March 11
It was in the reign of Tiberius Caesar that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, and what an imposing reign it was. He was born the first son of Tiberius Nero, an acclaimed Roman General,...
The Boston Massacre, 1770
Week of March 4
When looking back at our nation’s road to independence, there were a number of inciting incidents considered to be formative in setting the tone for the manner in which such an...
The Sinking of the HMS Birkenhead, 1852
Week of February 26
There was a time not so long ago in this country where, if a woman or child found themselves in less than ideal surroundings, they might look around...
The Battle of Iwo Jima Begins, 1945
Week of February 19
Seventy-nine years ago, the battle for Iwo Jima began in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. It was fought during the last year of the war and the final push for victory extracted a brutal toll...
Admiral Gaspard de Coligny Is Born, 1519
Week of February 11
In times of persecution, many of our heroes of the faith proved they were men of perseverance, men who mounted eloquent apologetics, who defended the innocent from slaughter...