

Zachariah B... not the creator of HC ;-)
- Feb 20, 2019
Beautiful Switzerland
Located in western Europe is the magnificent country of Switzerland, which is extremely famous for its chocolate, baking system, watches, cheese, and Alpine mountain areas. The official name for Switzerland is Confoederatio Helvetica which means “Swiss Confederation”[1]. While Bern is the capital, Zurich is the biggest city in the country, massive in scale. Switzerland has been a neutral country or over five hundred years. Many rivers run through Switzerland to converge in on


Conor Robison, Content Writer
- Feb 15, 2019
Top 10 Pre-Columbian America: Sites to See
History occurs in the real world; not on a computer screen, nor amongst the weathered pages of expansive historical volumes. Academic prose is often dry, weighed down as it is by necessary, though, technical detail that for many stunts their will to press on. One can read about history all they like, and a vital task it is, for the words of participants themselves breathes life into long ago events, while the considerable work of later historians to provide coherency to often


Cameron A.
- Feb 13, 2019
The Six Day War in Israel
The Six Day War was a conflict in 1967, from the 5th to the
10th of June, between Israel and the combined forces of Egypt, Jordan,
Iraq, and Syria. Israel won the war and captured the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, and the West Bank. On the 5th of June, Israel launched airstrikes on Egyptian airfields with almost 200 of their aircraft, destroying almost all of the Egyptian air force on the ground. This gave them almost complete control of the air for th


Conor Robison, Content Writer
- Feb 8, 2019
Top 10 American Revolutionary Sites to Visit this Spring and Summer
History happens in the real world. The classroom and textbooks can only provide so much information. Battlefields dot the American landscape. From the War of Independence to Pershing’s expedition against Pancho Villa in 1916, they can be found amongst the hills of Tennessee and the swamps of Florida. Battle sites are a vital part of American history, seeing as the US was born from a war, and many of them are well preserved time capsules into America’s past. However, according


Ryley B (Age 8)
- Feb 6, 2019
Caesar Rodney and his Midnight Ride to Save a Young Nation
Caesar Rodney was born October 7, 1728, in Dover, Delaware. He worked his whole life in the local government and later that of the United States. He had many different jobs, starting off as the High Sheriff of King County Delaware. From there, he was sent as a delegate of Delaware to the Stamp Act Congress and the Second Continental Congress. He even served as President of Delaware for three years. At times he served as a brigadier general in Washington’s Continental Army an