Emily joined NewsBank in 2006. She creates topic-focused pages for the America’s Historical Newspapers timeline. Emily received a BA in History from New England College and has a passion for early American history and vintage clothing. She participates in living history demonstrations and reenactments throughout New England and Canada.
On May 8, 1945, the United States and Europe celebrated VE day, or Victory in Europe day. The war in Europe had lasted for six years, claiming the lives of over sixty million people. After Adolf...
Henry Whitney Bellows (1814-1882), planner and president of the United States Sanitary Commission, the leading soldiers' aid society, during the American Civil War. On April 12, 1861, Confederate...
Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851) by American painter Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art) No Christmas celebration would be complete without Santa Claus, carols and...
