The Revolutionary War’s first battle—reported firsthand
On April 24, 1775, John Robins gave this account of the battle of Lexington, Massachusetts. Robins supports his commander’s account reporting that the militia began...
Where was Thoreau in 1850?
To find out, look on line 33 of this page from the 1850 census taken in Concord, Massachusetts. It reveals that Henry David Thoreau—the author of Walden—was 33...
Zbigniew Brzezinski’s petition for naturalization
Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981, was born in Warsaw and entered the United States from Canada on March 7,...