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Chaeronea - Map Locator
Chaeronea, a town in central Greece, was the scene of a great battle during the summer of 338 B.C.  Philip II, king of Macedonia, dispatched his army to fight against a combined force of Athenians and Thebans on the plain of Chaeronea.  Alexander, Philip's son, led the Macedonian charge wh...
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Fall of Charleston - 12 May 1780
After General Henry Clinton sent about 10,000 of his Redcoats to Charleston, in early 1780, General Benjamin Lincoln and his Patriots (who were defending the city and repairing its defenses) were trapped.  The most important American port, south of Philadelphia, was under a very effective siege...
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Vikings in North America - L'Anse aux Meadows
Based on archaeological evidence, scholars believe that Vikings were the first Europeans to explore North America and that L'Anse aux Meadows (pictured here, in Newfoundland) is the location of the first Viking settlement. Click on the image for a better view.  
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"A Pocketful of Hops"
Most hop pickers in Britain came from the Black Country and South Wales. In the first part of this book, we learn about the lives of such pickers.  In the second, we learn about traditional hop-growing and tending.By way of further background ... The Bromyard Historical Society tells us that ni...
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"Adventures Inside the Atom"
A page from the "comic book" history of atomic power, created by General Electric at the request of the Atomic Energy Commission, references the 1939 letter which Albert Einstein sent to President Roosevelt. Click on the image to expand its view.
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"Am I not a Man and a Brother?"
This image is one of the earliest symbols of slavery's oppression, created to depict the degredation of the slave trade. When the Quaker-led Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade met in London, in 1787, three members were asked to develop a design which could serve as the Society's...
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"Bleeding Kansas"
An image of "Bleeding Kansas" during the American Civil War.
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"Blind Man's Buff" - Jack the Ripper
"Blind Man's Buff" appeared in the September 22, 1888 issue of Punch.  It was accompanied by scathing, poetic  text.  Both the writing, and the drawing, decried police and government ineptitude (for failure to make proper arrests), dubbing them members of "Municipal Muddledom."Some o...
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"Bloody Mary"
Mary Tudor was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon (the king's first wife).  She became queen after her brother, Edward, died (of tuberculosis) in July of 1553 and the effort to have Lady Jane Grey rule the country was quickly ended. Queen Mary was known, perhaps unfairly, as "B...
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"Choosing a Bride for the Grand Duke" - Ilya Repin
Ilya Repin (1844-1930) was born to Russian-military settlers in the Ukraine and lived, for a time, in a beautiful manor house (now a museum) in Belarus.  Known as a realistic painter, his works are often emotional and complex.  He created this painting - "Choosing a Bride for the Grand Duk...
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