In 1860, Southern delegates bolted the Democratic convention at Charleston. An eyewitness describes the first giant step toward secession More >>>
A sad footnote to the horrific shootings in Florida is the soiling of the name of the environmental pioneer for whom the Parkland high school was named. More >>>
An overheard remark sent the author off on a years-long quest to discover the truth about a man whose power to inspire both rage and reverence has only grown after his death More >>>
The Douglas Monument Association was organized in 1861 to build a suitable memorial at the gravesite. In 1864 the Association adopted the design of Illinois sculptor Leonard W. Volk. Construction of t More >>>
The society maintains a library and archive of local history, thus fulfilling its designation as the official county archive by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. The purpose is to collect, pr More >>>
Author, activist, and Medal of Freedom honoree Marjory Stoneman Douglas lived and worked in this house for more than 70 years. When she died in 1998 at age 108, Douglas was probably best known as an e More >>>
Paul Douglas was 50 years old when he left a career in politics to join the Marines at the outset of World War II, earning Purple Hearts at Peleliu and Okinawa. More >>>
by William Manchester Little, Brown & Company 816 pages, 100 photographs and an 8-page map insert, $15.00 Douglas MacArthur was a man of staggering contradictions, and in this scrupulously r More >>>
Douglas MacArthur born Teaser General Douglas MacArthur is born in the U.S. Arsenal Building in … More >>>
The 1862 fort was built to protect telegraph and railroad lines from the Indian populations that the U.S. government feared would would act destructively. However, federal authorities likewise sought More >>>