94 year old Leonard "Woody" Woodward recalls a new Scout's first snipe hunt at Boy Scout Camp in 1924 and explains the different pranks he and other Scouts played on each other at the camp. Continue reading
Harry Ettlinger, one of the last surviving members of the Monuments Men, talks about his service recovering the stolen art by Nazis during World War II. Continue reading
Harry Ettlinger, one of the last surviving members of the Monuments Men, talks about his World War II service in Germany where he spent 10 months in salt mines helping to secure stolen art by the Nazis. Continue reading
This video presents a letter from July 23, 1943 by Rose Valland, who worked at the Jeu de Paume Museum and played a pivotal role in the Monuments Men story. Continue reading
Author: Morgan Birck Elected on March 13, 2013 to the papacy, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina took the name Francis and also took the Catholic community by storm. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Pope was a chemical technician and a nightclub bouncer before he decided to enter the … Continue reading
Monday January 25, 1864 By Elizabeth Cady Stanton Office of the Women’s Loyal National League, Room No. 20, Cooper Institute. New York, January 25, 1864. The Women’s Loyal National League, TO THE WOMEN OF THE REPUBLIC: We ask you to sign and circulate this petition for the entire abolition of … Continue reading
Robert Edsel, author of the book, "The Monuments Men," speaks with the president of the National World War II Museum about the obstacles that veterans during the second world war went through to protect important cultural artifacts from destruction by the Nazis. Continue reading
Locals of Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia discuss the 1958 mid-air collision and the legacy of the Tybee bomb. Continue reading
Riva opens up about the moment when Pope Francis came directly to him and embraced him for over a minute without saying a word. Continue reading
Civil rights activist Franklin McCain, known as one of the 'Greensboro Four,' remembers what it was like to sit at the Woolworth lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960 in protest of the store's racially discriminatory policy. Continue reading
