An evolving, interactive site for students of history
“I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.” – Thomas Jefferson in a letter to James Madison, January 1787 “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants.” [...]
The 1980’s was a very interesting decade. Ronald Reagan was president. The US and the USSR were enemies with thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at one another. Rubik’s cubes were everywhere. America went through a severe recession and the largest stock market crash since the Depression. A space shuttle exploded. Michael Jackson and Madonna were [...]
