Liberty Double Eagle $20 gold coin is one of the world’s most recognized gold pieces. This coin was one of the building blocks of the growing American economy and financial markets in the 19th and 20th centuries. Liberty gold coins were used in every aspect of American economic life, from the man on...

128th Aviation Company: “You Have Just Been Served By The Best Damn Outfit In Vietnam”

The shape of the bar shot, a center bar with a rounded half circle, made it very effective against a rigged ship. The design allowed the weapon to carry away the yards, masts, and riggings of a ship.

Produced by the United States Office of War Information, Washington, D.C. Printed by the United States Government Printing Office. Distributed by the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information. Series: Office of War Information Poster, No. 26 To control the form of war messages...

British 1853 Pattern Enfield rifle-musket, .577 caliber also fired a .58 caliber bullet used by both the Union and the Confederacy.

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln pulled ahead of William Seward and won the Republican nomination on the third ballot. The Republican platform opposed slavery in the territories but upheld the right of slavery in the South. It also opposed the Dredd-Scott decision. The Democrats nominated Stephen Douglas...

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This is the Poll Book used in the 1864 election by the electors of Washington County in Pennsylvania who were assigned to Company G Independnet Battery Volunteers held at Fort Delaware, Delaware.

This hat was worn by Alexander de Seversky, a Russian-American pioneer aviator, born in Triflis, Russia on June 7, 1894. In 1914, Seversky graduated from the Imperial Russian Naval Academy with an aeronautics engineering degree. In 1915, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Imperial...