After leading France from the brink of defeat during the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc was captured and put on trial for heresy by the English — then burned at the stake.Wikimedia CommonsJoan of Arc’s Death at the Stake by Hermann Stilke. German, 1843. Hermitage Museum.
Joan of Arc didn’t set out to become a martyr. But as the teenage French warrior faced death at the hands of her persecutors in the English-occupied town of Rouen, France on May 30, 1431, she surely came to accept that unenviable honor. Read More...
A Former Nazi Camp Secretary Has Just Been Charged As An Accessory In 10,000 Murders Marco Margaritoff 3 years ago The woman, identified only as "Irmgard F.", worked for the Stutthof concentration camp in Poland from June 1943 to April 1945. ncG1vNJzZmiZnKHBqa3TrKCnrJWnsrTAyKeeZ5ufonyiwdOhpqtnnZa%2FpLuMppirn5GntrW7xZ9mqZmXmnx2hA%3D%3D
Garrett Morgan: Inventor Who Developed One Of The First Gas Masks Fotosearch/Getty ImagesGarrett A. Morgan was a businessman, inventor, and activist.
Garrett Morgan was a successful businessman and inventor of many things, including the three-position traffic signal. But his most consequential creation was his “safety hood” for smoke, often described as the precursor to modern gas masks.
Garrett Augustus Morgan was born in Paris, Kentucky, in 1877. He grew up in the post-Civil War Reconstruction era and had a mixed background of Black, white, and Indigenous heritage. Read More...
