The Great American History Blog

Shakespeare’s grave is in Holy Trinity Church, in Stratford-upon-Avon. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616, at the age of 52. Inscription ...

Jane Austen  Winchester Cathedral                               Jane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England. In Memor...

  Iron Hail Wasu Maza (“Iron Hail”), who died in 1955 at the age of ninety six, was the last known Lakota Sioux survivor (and probably the l...

  Stand Watie (1806-1871), was a Cherokee chief who signed the treating forcing removal of the Cherokees from Georgia to the Indian Territor...

  After the battle of the Little Bighorn this petition, dated July 4, 1876, was sent by the enlisted men of the Seventh Cavalry to the Presi...

  In 1877 a twenty-five year old Edgar S. Paxson arrived in Montana.   Nearly twenty-five years later the frontier artist completed what man...

  In 1884 the artists Cassilly Adams completed a painting he named Custer’s Last Fight.  The painting was sold to John Ferber the owner of a...

  George Washington loved dogs and had some fifty dogs of many different breeds during his lifetime.   Breeds at Mount Vernon included Briar...

  Elves, or "hidden people" as they are commonly referred to in Iceland, are a part of Icelandic folklore and mythology. According...

  From the New York Herald August 8, 1876 After crossing the ford I sent word to  Custer  that the Indians were in front and very strong, ...

Charles Byrne, also known as "The Irish Giant," was born in 1761 in County Londonderry, Ireland. He was a man of extraordinary hei...

  Over the years, the Little Bighorn Battlefield has become the subject of numerous supernatural stories and legends. Visitors to the site h...

  One small elite black raiding unit of twenty four men, called the Black Brigade, became particularly terrifying for the American rebels. T...

  A lecture given to the Institute of Modern History Seattle , Canadian Union March 26, 2173   Some people question the interest show...

     In 1895, the Detroit Institute of Arts paid $54 for a U.S. 7 th Cavalry guidon.  Of the five guidons carried by Custer's troops at...