George Luz, Jr., the son of Easy Company member, George Luz, Sr., has been attending Band of Brothers reunions since 1965. Today, he shares his memories of these yearly events that brought together the men of Easy Company, and later their families, every year since 1946. Read More
Historian Mark Bielski covers the significance of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in Civil War history, a charming town that is one of the stops on our Civil War: This Hallowed Ground Tour. Read More
We are excited to offer two exclusive new tours for 2020: The Revolutionary War Tour and The Normandy Campaign: Beaches and Beyond Tour. Read More
As it was when Dr. Ambrose was leading the D-Day to the Rhine Tour in the 1970s, we have only the most qualified historians lead our historical and WWII tours. Whether it is the history of WWII, the Civil War or Lewis and Clark, our historians are leaders in their field and world-renowned authors. They are also dedicated to making history come alive even when they are not leading tours - giving lectures, being interviewed, writing books, advocating for veterans. Here's a look at what some of our historians are have been up to when not on tour. Read More
Before we jump into events that happened in history in the month of October during WWII, the Civil War and the Cold War, historian Mark Bielski shares some thoughts. “In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.” One of Mark's favorite quotes is by Konrad Adenauer, who was the Chancellor of West Germany (leader of the Christian Democrats) and a Catholic from the Rhineland who strongly distrusted the Russians and Communist Party of East Germany. Read on! Read More
Our director, Mark Bielski, has just wrapped up a fascinating series on the Cold War on his podcast, History with Mark Bielski. His guests have included John Lindstedt, who was a junior officer serving aboard a nuclear submarine, Reid Senter, a retired U.S. Navy Captain who served in the Mediterranean, and Steve Bourque, who was stationed in western Europe during the Cold War as an enlisted man and later returned as an intelligence officer. Read More
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne operation of World War II. On 17 September 1944, in broad daylight, the 101st Airborne Division parachuted into Holland in a bold strike in order to seize bridges across rivers and adjacent canals from Belgium to Arnhem. In honor of this hallowed occasion, we would like to share an article that our historian Kevin Hymel wrote on Major Richard “Dick” Winters who led Easy Company in a jump into Holland as part of British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s Operation Market Garden. Read More
The significance of the Battle of Raymond greatly outweighs its fame. As part of the Vicksburg Campaign in 1863, the Union victory near this small town, west of Jackson, Mississippi, prompted General Ulysses S. Grant to modify his plans for the capture of Vicksburg and gain control of the Mississippi River. Read More
The first shots of WWII rang out in Gdansk, Poland on September 1st of 1939, the beginning of the greatest war of devastation, death and destruction ever on this planet. Hitler and Nazi Germany had already annexed Austria and marched into Czechoslovakia unopposed. Now they had set their sights on Poland to begin the German dream … Read More
Union General William T. Sherman enacted a grand plan in the summer of 1864. He was to begin a campaign that consisted of a series of battles in northern Georgia. His ultimate goal was to destroy the Army of Tennessee and take the Confederate city of Atlanta. This would also sever supply lines that were vital to the Confederate war effort. While Sherman was not successful in destroying the Confederate army he faced, he did capture Atlanta that September. Other than the military achievement, it had a dual effect. Read More