Stuff you Missed in History Class
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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The Siege of Béxar
The famed Battle of the Alamo was toward the end ...
The famed Battle of the Alamo was toward the end of the Texas Revolution — a sort of pivot just before the last battle. But at the revolution’s beginning, the siege of Béxar played out in almost the opposite way.
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Alice Roosevelt
The eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt was a firebrand who ...
The eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt was a firebrand who never shied away from the public eye. She was nicknamed “the Second Washington Monument” because of her social power, which she parlayed into political influence.
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Two Other Alcotts: Bronson and May
Louisa was not the only notable Alcott. Her father, Bronson ...
Louisa was not the only notable Alcott. Her father, Bronson Alcott, made a name for himself as a philosopher and a teacher. And her youngest sister, May Alcott, was an artist, who was really growing in prominence when she died at a sadly early age.
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Louisa May Alcott
Once you examine Louisa May Alcott's life story, the inspirations ...
Once you examine Louisa May Alcott's life story, the inspirations for her writing become clear. Her parents were idealists who struggled to make ends meet, but above all, they prioritized their family.
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The Sutherland Sisters
In the late 1800s, seven sisters with musical talent and ...
In the late 1800s, seven sisters with musical talent and incredibly long hair made waves in the circus and on the stage. They made millions as performers and haircare product moguls, but their personal lives were plagued with eccentricity.
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The Sham Battle and the Cochecho Massacre
It was half performance for the British troops, and half ...
It was half performance for the British troops, and half actual sham, and it led to an attack on Dover by the Pennacook tribe in 1689.
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S.A. Andrée and the 1897 North Pole Balloon Mission
Andrée hoped to succeed in reaching the North Pole where ...
Andrée hoped to succeed in reaching the North Pole where others had failed by doing it by air. With a seemingly endless positivity, he and two other men hoped to earn bragging rights for Sweden by reaching the pole.
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The Lady Who Turned to Soap
Saponification is the process of turning to soap, and in ...
Saponification is the process of turning to soap, and in certain conditions, cadavers do it. The Soap Lady is one of the most famous cases of an adipocere-covered corpse, but there are many like her.
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Immigration History: Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Part 2
The second half of our interview with Dr. Annie Polland ...
The second half of our interview with Dr. Annie Polland from the Lower East Side Tenement Museum focuses on specific figures in the building's history and ongoing research and expansion projects.
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Immigration History: Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Part 1
The U.S. is, at its heart, a nation of immigrants. ...
The U.S. is, at its heart, a nation of immigrants. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum works to preserve the history of many famillies who left their home countries to start lives in New York.
