My son gave me an unexpected Christmas present! He bought Ancestry.com in November with a Black Friday sale. We were amazed at all the family documents he received! One of those documents was my grandfather, Paul Green’s, World War II military registration card. The registration card lists his basic information - name, address, age, and birthdate. For telephone number, he listed none, which is hard to imagine today. He listed his mother as his employer as he worked on their

Christmas 1941 in the United States was an unusual and difficult one. Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, and the United States had entered World War II on December 8. It was a Christmas of much uncertainty. The country did, however, have a special holiday visitor! On December 22, Winston Churchill, the famous British Prime Minister, came to visit President Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss war strategies. He stayed at the White House for three weeks. On Christmas

We expected to only be there for a couple of hours but quickly saw that we needed all day for this WWII museum! Even with a full day, my...

World War II was immensely difficult for mothers. I can’t imagine how hard it was to not know where your soldier sons and daughters were...

One of my favorite characters in The War Song Series  is Carson. When we first meet Ava’s brother, he is playful, gutsy, and moody. His...

The motto matches the history. Resurgam, which means I will rise again, is written above the building's south portico with a carving of a...

In Victoria, British Columbia, there is “a garden that love built.” My husband Jason and I got to visit it recently while on an Alaskan...

One of my favorite cities is Savannah, Georgia. As a history lover, that is no surprise, as the city has some of the oldest and most...

A Navy Coxswain - that was my grandfather Paul Green’s title during World War II. He served on the Pacific front but, fortunately, never...

He gave his life doing what he loved. As a result, his name will forever be intertwined with World War II. If you read much about the...

World War II brought together many people who would have never met. Soldiers from different parts of the country became life-long...

The more I learn about Eleanor Roosevelt, the more I admire her. Even though she was born to a wealthy, privileged family, she had to...

For the past couple of weeks, I have been researching the history of education in Georgia for an upcoming book series. While the subject...

Have you ever wondered what a soldier took with him in battle besides a gun and ammunition? A few weeks ago I got to find this out at The...

The poster made me want to join! It said there were 239 positions for women in The Army of the United States. The blonde, uniformed woman...

When I travel, I always look for history. There is a story to be found everywhere! We recently went on an Alaskan cruise, and I found...

World War II War propagandists were some of the best marketing agents in history. One of my favorite things to discover are old war ads...

An inscription at the memorial reads, “Here in the presence of Washington and Lincoln, one the eighteenth century father and the other...

On a recent trip to DeSoto State Park in Alabama, we stayed in a charming cabin built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the...

Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goring, Adolf Hitler – have you ever thought about what it would have been like to meet one of the odious Nazis?...