Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedi...  ...eezen. Visit Eddie at his website.* Lincoln had a wart on his right cheek, a scar on his thumb from an a...  ...Lincoln had a substitute fight for him during the Civil war . He was not a paid substitute. J. Summerfield Sta...  ...at Lincoln felt the presi...

During the early 1940s, 70,000 people worked at th...  ...omb. Most of the workers were women, recruited as civil servants to aid the war effort. And they didn't know anything about the j...  ...b they were doing until they started doing it.The civil servant was given only one...

The funeral industry wasn't always like it is toda...  ...y American practice. Embalming started during the Civil War , and soon after, anybody could be embalmed, and i...

The following is an article from Uncle John's Unst...  ...ry books. Here's the tragic story.HEADING HOMEThe Civil War was finally over. It was April 1865, General Robe...  ...been captured. After four years of bloodshed, the war -torn nation was ready to start the process of hea...  ...are deserving of it."THE M...

The Civil War was the first American war to be documented on film, but those photographs a...  ...our perception of those scenes with his book The Civil War in Color: A Photographic Reenactment of the War Between the States, featuring dozen...

This Presidents Day article is from the book Uncle...  ...getting shocked. LINCOLNS MAKE IT OVERDuring the Civil War , while her husband went about the business of sav...  ...r the construction of the East Wing. During World War II military guards were stationed for the first t...  ...already in the White House...

From April 6-7, 1862, Americans slaughtered one an...  ...re casualties those two days than in all previous wars combined. It was a horrible shock to the divided...  ...the field. Slate's Frank Ceresi writes:During the War Between the States, the game was played on the ba...  ...e game was played on the battlefi...

The United States is observing Martin Luther King,...  ...ay. Dr. King is best known for his work to in the Civil Rights Movement and his assassination in 1968. Wh...  ...t to say, about poverty, religion, education, and war as well as civil rights. Take some time to read a sel...

In the words of Vice President John Nace Garner, t...  ...er, the vice presidency "isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss." That may be true, buit the characters who'...  ...cy, Arthur didn't hesitate to sign the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. Much to the chagrin of Conkl...  ...uch to the chagrin of Conklin...

The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ..., she also worked as a spy and a nurse during the Civil War for the federal government, which rewarded her wi...  ...of the main women's group and instead resorted to civil disobedience to push a constitutional amendment....  ...ce feedings and being assi...