Month: August 2013

An Early Hollywood Icon Falls Silent

Rudolph Valentino May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926 The 1920s were a time...

Washington, D.C. and the Art of the Deal

How did Washington, D.C. become our capital? It is not widely understood how Washington,...

The Bomb That Changed the World

August 6, 1945 The fighting against Japan during World War II began after the...

“We owe it, therefore, to candor, and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers [European powers], to declare, that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere, as dangerous to our peace and safety.” – President James Monroe from his “Monroe Doctrine” declaring further colonization by European powers in the Western Hemisphere a threat to the safety of the United States (1823)