Dynamic Directory - August 1, 2025

A view of Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau lived in a small cabin between 1845-1847.

Although she enjoyed the Prince of Wales' attention, Wallis Simpson began to realize that her relationship with David (as the Prince was known to family and friends) could create a constitutional crisis in Britain.

Lt. General Walter Krueger was head of the U.S. Sixth Army in late 1943.

Who was Walther Schwieger, the German U-boat commander who sank the Lusitania?

This drawing of War Admiral is from Seabiscuit Vs War Admiral: The Greatest Horse Race in History by Kat Shehata (illustrated by Jo McElwee), published in 2003.

Japanese officials, who feared an Allied invasion of Palawan Island (in the Philippines) ordered a massacre of American servicemen during December of 1944.

War Horse is a movie about the love a young boy has for his horse and how that love lasts for many years, including WWI (also called "The Great War").

See the area around Devonshire, where the Narracott family lives, and learn about horses in the area.

Ted Narracott, a Boer-War veteran, buys a Thoroughbred colt because he needs a horse to work his farm.

On the 28th of July, 1914 WWI begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and the war-alliance dominoes begin to fall. Joey, and others like him, will soon become a war horse.

Combatants on all sides rely on horses; learn about the role that horses fill during WWI.

"No Man's Land" is the open and dangerous territory between Allied and German trenches during WWI.

Find out what happens to war horses during and after WWI - and - learn how the bond between a boy and his horse could not be broken.

This map depicts the general location of trenches along the Western Front during World War I.

The United Kingdom did not have enough horses (or mules) even before America entered the war, so military officers bought more animals from Canada and the United States.

There are often good stories about horses and their riders, and Alfred Henns relationship with Nelson is no exception.

This drawing was produced during the War of 1812.

During August of 1814, American forces were battling British invaders who entered Washington, then set fire to some of the capital city's key buildings.

This political cartoon - "Columbia Teaching John Bull His New Lesson" - was released during the War of 1812.

Anyone tuning in late to Mercury Theatre on the Air - the night of October 30, 1938 - would have missed the episode's introduction.

A DEA agent guards 5,137 pounds of cocaine seized from a Panamanian ship docked in Miami, Florida.

Image of a photograph depicting the inner city of Warsaw burning following massive bombing in September, 1939.

This image depicts a Warsaw Pact propaganda poster.

As Hitler's troops systematically destroyed Warsaw, it was becoming clear that Stalin also wanted the Poles crushed.

Streets became ravines in the massively damaged Warsaw as Poles faced the mounting consequences of their resistance.

In August of 1944, Poles in Warsaw decided to massively resist German forces still in their city.