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May 8, 1945: V-E Day
Editor's Note: In 2020 during my interview with Col. Harold Brown (Ret.), a Tuskegee airman who became a POW in Germany in March 1945,...
How Two Sticks of Gum Changed Lt. Gail Halvorsen’s Life
Editor's Note: In 2019, I traveled to the Tri-State Warbird Museum near Cincinnati, Ohio to conduct a workshop featuring Col. Gail Halvorsen (Ret.) via...
Students Give Voice to Music Played at Auschwitz
Editor's Note: In 2018, a student orchestra at the University of Michigan's School of Music brought to life a rare manuscript that Patricia Hall,...
Wright “B” Flyer and The Wright Company Take Flight
Editor's Note: In 2022, I visited the Wright "B" Flyer Museum near Dayton, Ohio. I had read quite a bit on the Wright brothers...
The Wright Brothers Had Their Minds in the Sky, Not Their...
Editor's Note: Since the 2003 Centennial of Flight celebration, I have written many stories on the Wright brothers. In Dayton, multiple locations honor the...
London: Imperial War Museum Keeps History Alive
Editor's Note: In 2009 as I traveled to Normandy, France for the 65th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, our group stopped in London...
Pathfinder Pilot Recalls D-Day
Editor's Note: In May 2019 I traveled to Oxford, Connecticut for media day hosted by the D-Day Squadron as they prepared to depart to...
How Did Rosie Become ‘We Can Do It’ Rosie?
Editor's Note: Rosie the Riveter represents about six million women who went to work at factories for the first time during World War II....
April 14, 1865: President Lincoln assassinated
Editor's Note: From 2012 through 2015 as I prepared to cover various Civil War sesquicentennial events, the magnitude of the tragedy of President Lincoln's...
See the Forest AND the Trees at Redwood National Park
Editor's Note: In 2015, I visited a redwood forest in northern California for the first time. Before arriving at the edge of the forest,...