Four generations of the Gapp family have enjoyed this 1916 Oakland Model 50 V8. It's finally back on the road, ready to take on another century. Four generations of the Gapp family have enjoyed this ...

In its early days, the federal income tax was something of a mystery. Policymakers expected the levy to raise money and reallocate the tax burden. But for the first couple of years, that was just a ...

On the morning of Nov. 8, 1916, the front page of The Herald, in a large print headline, read “Hughes Elected to Presidency; Republicans Carry Both Houses.” The story announced that University alum ...

From the American citizenship of one of the signatories of the Irish proclamation for Independence to the old-fashioned different time zones in the United Kingdom. Surprising facts about the Easter ...

Many car brands were named after the inventor of their all-new automobile, but not Hudson. Eight Detroit business owners formed the company on Feb. 20, 1909, but needed a financial angel. Joseph L.

The centenary commemorations of World War I will undoubtedly concentrate on a trio of well-known battles; Verdun, the Somme and Jutland. All three ended inconclusively, and all witnessed tremendous ...

A Scottish-born socialist and trade union activist, Connolly co-founded the Irish Citizen Army to defend workers’ rights after the 1913 Lockout. In early 1916, he threatened to launch his own ...

The centenary of the 1916 Rising was by common consensus a hit in Ireland. As President Higgins rushed from monument to flag ceremony, singlehandedly boosting the wreath industry in an effort to be ...

1. Printers were barely able to print the Proclamation. The printers of the Easter Proclamation did not have enough letter e’s so they used f’s and hammered off the bottom bar. The antique printing ...