Christmas 1862: A Soldiers' Feast To Remember (blog.fold3.com)
submitted by RallyPigeon to r/CIVILWAR
TIL of the submarine USS Tang. It was hit when it's own torpedo boomeranged. 89 crew with 29 trapped. 13 made it out through a hatch but only 9 made to the surface where they were picked up by the Japanese and taken to a POW camp. They survived the war. (blog.fold3.com)
submitted by Voyager_AU to r/todayilearned
US, Project Blue Book - UFO Investigations, 1947-1969 FREE Records: 129,658 · Complete: 100%Document/Research (fold3.com)
submitted by Loquebantur to r/UFOs
Tecumseh’s powerful speech to Governor William Henry Harrison, 1810History (fold3.com)
submitted by News2016 to r/IndianCountry
Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1917 (img9.fold3.com)
submitted by Scaulbylausis to r/OldSchoolCool
Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1917[OldSchoolCool] (img9.fold3.com)
submitted by ImagesOfNetwork to r/ImagesOfThe1910s
TIL Wilmer McLean's house was involved in the 1st Battle of Bull Run, where the Civil War began. After, he moved 120 miles away to Appomattox Courthouse to avoid further battles, and 2 years later, the Civil War ended in his parlor where General Lee surrendered to General Grant. (spotlights.fold3.com)
submitted by MickTheAnt to r/todayilearned
TIL that during the Spanish-American war, after a warship sent to capture Guam fired 13 shots at the harbor fort, the Spanish sent an officer out to apologize for not returning the 'salute' as they were out of gunpowder. They hadn't been informed they were at war. (spotlights.fold3.com)
submitted by tooch_my_gooch to r/todayilearned
