Expedition Overland embarks on its dream to see the last frontier: Alaska and the Yukon! Learn the history of the team and follow their preparations for the adventure of their lives. Join the crew as they build their 2013 Tacoma, learn driving skills, take a wilderness first aid class, and go on a shake-down trip…
Toronto’s Fort York Is Under Attack Again. This Time It’s an Inside Job
Commentary For nearly 70 years, visitors to Fort York in Toronto have been greeted by the trill of fifing, the beating of drums, the crash of muskets, and the boom of cannon. These authentic 19th-century sounds, along with the colourful sight of red-coated soldiers of the Fort York Guard, have brought Canadian history to life…
How a Colonial Court Case Inspired the Establishment of The 4th Amendment
July 6, 2022
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In the 1750s, American merchants commonly smuggled goods to avoid excessive British taxes and restrictions, which created a major financial problem for the Crown. To address this problem, the British Parliament approved the use of writs of assistance against the colonists. A writ of assistance was a general search warrant that granted constables and any…
MP Warns ‘Vast Chunks’ of Our Past Will Be Lost If Schools Don’t Teach Medieval History
A Conservative MP has urged the teaching of medieval or earlier English history in schools, saying children know more about Martin Luther King Jr. than they do about the UK’s first kings. Talking to The Telegraph, MP for Rother Valley Alexander Stafford said that the subject was “greatly neglected in schools, with very little taught…
80 Years Later: Remembering World War II’s Pacific Front and America’s Triumph Through Blood and Toil
In the winter and spring of 1942, the armed forces of Imperial Japan chalked up victory after victory in the Pacific. But in the latter part of 1942, Americans began to turn the war in the Pacific around in our favor. After their devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese dispatched their fleets and armies…
Mount Rushmore: The Story Behind How This Iconic Monument Came into Being
June 27, 2022
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A plane buzzed over the Black Hills of South Dakota in the summer of 1927. It swooped and dove through the air, entertaining President Calvin Coolidge and his family below. The pilot dropped a wreath of flowers to this little crowd and sped away. The Coolidges had chosen the large Game Lodge in Custer State…
Steam Engines, Telephones, Telegraphs: The 1876 World Expo Heralded a New Era of Industrial Power
June 27, 2022
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When President Ulysses S. Grant—helped by Don Pedro II, emperor of Brazil—hand-cranked the 40-foot-tall, 600-ton engine to life, he was opening the first large-scale international exhibition ever to be hosted by the United States. It was May 1876, and this was the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The massive Corliss engine, which the American president had just…
This Pioneering Woman from History Advocated Tirelessly for the Wellbeing of Factory Workers
June 27, 2022
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Alice Hamilton was the leading expert of occupational health and industrial toxicology at the height of her career, but she traveled a long, hard road to get there. Hamilton was born in 1869 and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her grandfather had made money in the railroad industry, and the family was well off,…
True American Spirit: The Unlikely Mélange of Inspiration That Brought Washington D.C. into Being
When the United States of America was young, the established cities of New York and then Philadelphia served as seats for the country’s government. While Alexander Hamilton and many northerners were content with this, Thomas Jefferson and a lot of southerners were not—so a seat for the federal government was established in a more central…
How a 19th Century Engineer’s Brilliant Mind and Generosity Changed the American Way of Life
When the 1893 Columbian Exposition opened on the shores of Lake Michigan, visitors to the fair were treated to a glimpse of the future. Chicago, the great classical “White City” by day, at night became a magically illuminated world of colored lights. President Grover Cleveland opened the exhibition by pushing a button that set the…
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