Great Deceptions in Military History

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Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree, escaped from slavery leaving four of her five children when she fled. Her previous owner tried to illegally sell her five-year-old son, so she filed a lawsuit and won custody. She dedicated her life to civil rights activism for black Americans.

The Parthenon was constructed atop the Acropolis in Athens, Greece between 447 and 432 B.C.E. It has had many purposes, served multiple religions and withstood numerous attacks and natural disaster.

Beginning with Martin Luther’s “95 Theses” in 1517, the Protestant Reformation was a period of religious reform as the Catholic Church grew more powerful, wealthy and corrupt. New denominations of Christianity would emerge with a heavier focus on spirituality.

On November 19th, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the national cemetery. In less than 275 words, Lincoln eloquently spoke to a crowd of 15,000 people, but his words would go on to reverberate throughout American history.

The history of engagement rings used to declare a man’s intent to marry a woman was officially recognized in 850 A.D. by Pope Nicholas I. The first diamond engagement ring was commissioned by Archduke Maximillian of Austria in 1477.

Beginning in the later half of the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution in America was a major shift to machine-aided, assembly-line production in factories. The Industrial Revolution saw wealth accumulate in the pockets of industrialists, while working conditions and wages remained low for the majority.

Established by an act of Congress on March 3rd, 1865, the Freedmen’s Bureau was conceived as a temporary agency to last the remainder of the war plus one year to follow. The intent of the act was to help the four million newly-freed blacks transition from slavery to a free-labor economy.