John Dury New, a Marine fighting on Peleliu, earned the Medal of Honor for his heroic sacrifice, when he smothered a Japanese grenade to save the lives of his fellow Marines. Fighting with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, he had served in the Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester campaigns. The City of Mobile, Alabama, his hometown, named its Medal of Honor Park … Read More

Eddie Rickenbacker, the top American ace of World War I with 26 kills, earned the Medal of Honor for his actions on this day 105 years ago, when he attacked seven German planes, shooting down two of them. Originally a Distinguished Service Cross, the award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor in 1930. 

Congress passed the Bill of Rights and sent it to the states for ratification on this date, 234 years ago.  The Bill of Rights clearly guarantees personal rights and freedoms, and puts specific limits on federal power. James Madison was largely responsible for the Bill of Rights.  

Platoon Sergeant Joseph Schaefer led his squad in defense against a ferocious German attack, taking the most exposed potion and capturing ten Germans himself. He then led troops in a counter-attack and freed American POW’s. He earned the Medal of Honor, presented in August 1945, and later fought in Korea. Share his story and remember this great American. 

Jimmy Doolittle became the first pilot to take off, fly and then land on instruments alone. Doolittle was a pioneering pilot and aviation engineer who led the Tokyo Raid in 1942 and earned the Medal of Honor. 

Ernest Childers, a Creek Indian from Oklahoma, single-handedly killed two snipers, destroyed two machine gun nests and captured a fire support observer while with the 45th Division in Italy 80 years ago. Childers received the Medal of Honor seven months later. 

Bonhomme Richard beats the Serapis.

American spy Nathan Hale was hanged by the British on this day in 1776. Sent by George Washington behind British lines to determine where the British would attack Manhattan, Hale was recognized by the famous Robert Rogers in a tavern. Hale was hanged near 66th Street and Third Avenue, and his last words were. “I regret that I have but … Read More

Lincoln revealed the Emancipation Proclamation on this day in 1862, stating that slaves in rebellious states as of January 1, would be “forever free”. Robert Gould Shaw, (later of the Massachusetts 54th dramatized in the film “Glory”), wrote, so the ‘Proclamation of Emancipation’ has come at last, or rather, its forerunner…. I suppose you all are very much excited about … Read More

John Towle jumped into the crossfire at Nijmegen Bridge during Operation: Market Garden, to fire his rocket launcher at German tanks, causing them to withdraw, and a fortified house, killing nine enemy. He was killed by a mortar round moments later, and he received the Medal of Honor posthumously. Tell his story and remember his courage