U.S. War Bonds in World War II
Financing the War Effort Through Bond and Stamp Sales The last time the United States issued war bonds was during World War II, when full...
Motion Pictures
by Robert George Armstrong, Oakdale, Minnesota Rise of Motion Pictures Motion pictures, or films, started in France in the late 1800s. The first picture that...
How Nickelodeon Changed Children’s Television
by Robert George Armstrong, Oakdale, Minnesota Early Years The Nickelodeon channel started on December 1, 1977, as Pinwheel. It was rebranded as Nickelodeon on April...
Exploring the Different Genres of Comic Books
by Robert George Armstrong, Oakdale, Minnesota Examining the Different Types of Comic Books When you think of comic books, you probably either think of superhero...
Uncovering the Past: A Guide to Finding Timeless Historical Documents
Thanks to resource abundance, hidden treasures can be found in libraries, archives, museums, and oodles of online databases. Here are some examples of historical documents:...
The Great Depression
After the stock market crash of 1929, the American economy spiraled into a depression that would plague the nation for a decade. The stock market...
History of the Americas
The prehistory of the Americas (North, South, Central America, and the Caribbean) begins with people migrating to these areas from Asia during the height of...