Historical Research Archives

WWI: Gone to the Dogs

Dogs, of course, played a significant role in World War I. The Army used dogs for all sorts of jobs,…
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The first homing pigeons were used by the Egyptians 3000 years ago. The idea of using a pigeon to send…
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Imagine, elephants played a role in Britain during World War I. At the start of the war, the British army had…
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Wars invariably involve not just nations, cities, towns, and people, but animals as well. World War I was no exception,…
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Jesus’ childhood is not necessarily what we’d expect. It’s not really part of Advent, but we have so little information…
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Marco Polo inquiries about the wise men–yes, those wise men!