Legends & Folklore

What is oral history? It is the knowledge, traditions, experiences, memories, celebrations, and customs that we or our ancestors have experienced. These experiences and living traditions provide...

The study of world history is a way to understand the growth and evolution of humanity. It enables us to learn from our past and teaches us ways to build a better future. History is more than just...

World history is a wide ranging subject that encompasses many different topics and disciplines. Archaeologists, anthropologists, biologists and historians each contribute to this subject as they...

The chewing gum business is one of the biggest industries in the United States. It has infiltrated every facet of society. Its history can be traced back to human beginnings, but gum only became...

A visit to a cemetery can be filled with mystery and history. If you've ever wandered through the gravestones in a cemetery, perhaps you noticed pennies sitting on some gravestones. The practice...

Family history research is popular in the United States, and many online resources are available to help discover your ancestry. Heraldry is linked to ownership of the land and to the traditions...

Every city, village and town in the world creates its own folklore. Wherever you live, there are local heroes from history, haunted places and historical events that people still relay. Finding...

Ever feel like things keep repeating themselves, and all the odds seem impossible. Something that most people don’t understand is that George Washington, Napoleon, Julius Caesar, and every other...

The mention of burlesque usually conjures up images of bawdy striptease artists bumping and grinding in pointed pasties and skimpy g-strings. Old school femme fatales of the 1950s have recently...