May 1st marks a significant date in the annals of mountaineering history, for it was on this day that the enigmatic remains of British mountaineer George Mallory were discovered on the formidable slopes of Mount Everest. Mallory, whose daring expeditions captured the imagination of the world, disappeared during his ill-fated 1924 attempt to conquer the

Dawn of Trial February 21st, 1431, dawned cold and foreboding in Rouen, France. In a makeshift courtroom within the castle walls, a young woman barely 19 years old faced a daunting ordeal: the first day of her trial for heresy. This woman, Joan of Arc, was no ordinary defendant. Nicknamed “The Maid of Orleans,” she

Humble Beginnings on Sinking Spring Farm On February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky, a future giant of American history was born. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, entered a world far removed from the grandeur of the White House and the momentous