Disobeying Direct Orders, British & German Soldiers Forged Their Own...
Although they were officially still at war, many British and German soldiers disobeyed orders and had their own impromptu truce on Christmas 1914. The two groups of soldiers, who had for months been...
View ArticleChristopher Columbus Was a Slave Trader
Although he’s most remembered for “discovering” the Americas, land on which native peoples had been living for thousands of years, Christopher Columbus was also a slave trader. After Columbus found...
View ArticleThe creator of Mother’s Day wished she could un-create it because it became...
Meet Anna Jarvis, the creator of Mother’s Day. She was a committed peace activist, having cared for both American and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. When her mother (who had given birth to...
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