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Probably "It sure is ****ing cold out tonight and I should be home with Martha in warmer Virginia. I really hope this surprise attack works. Where are my other ****ing soldiers? They better make the meeting point on time or we'll be stuck going back over the river into Pennsylvania."

I'm a real history buff and one thing I like to do is imagine what a real part of history felt like. If you have ever wondered what the crossing of the Delaware River north of Philadelphia was like in 1776 here is an image from google streetview that is crossing Washington Bridge over the...

Now those were hot air balloons that the RAF dropped ordinance from at that time, correct? Cannon balls shot from the air?

One of the most widely held misconceptions about the Declaration of Independence is that it was signed on July 4, 1776. In fact, independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be “the most memorable epocha in the history of America.” On July 4, 1776...

You must have missed the fact that despite being an enemy in that movie at the beginning one of Mel Gibson's character's best friends at the end is the French military officer.

For a country that speaks mostly English the names reflect the French influence a lot. Saint Louis, Champaign, Detroit, Joliet, Des Plaines, Decatur, Terre Haute, Lafayette, Illinois, Creve Coeur, La Grange, Prairie du Rocher, Versailles, De Motte, LaCrosse, French Lick, Notre Dame, Portage...

There is an old joke in the US that goes does the UK have a fourth of July? The answer from an American is "no, why would the UK celebrate the fourth of July?" The response is "So they skip from July 3rd to July 5th?" Today, before midnight, I wanted to pass over the fourth of July to Friday...