A Connecticut soldier's diary, a carved powder horn, and a British pocket watch are among the artifacts preserved at the Wisconsin Historical Society that offer a firsthand look at 1776.
"Action is going to last all night and at our posts we'll lie. Thinking of the folks at home. For tomorrow we may die." A seaman who died aboard HMAS Sydney in World War II left behind a diary and ...
The revolution in Charcas (present-day Bolivia) was part of the insurrectional process waged by the Spanish-American people against Spanish colonial administration. Over 16 years, the Charcas ...
PEORIA — Historical artifacts often come to the Peoria Historical Society after someone dies. Family members, faced with the dilemma of what to do with something, call Robert Killion, the society’s ...