May 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1863, Confederate forces commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee routed Union troops under Gen. Joseph Hooker at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. In 1915, ...
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs for millions of people in the United States during a time of great uncertainty. Overland Trail Museum explored how the WPA started and its many ...
When this reporter was a lad during the Great Depression, I took the yellow streetcar to downtown L.A. and paid 10 cents to see a first-class vaudeville show, complete with singers, dancers, comedians ...