Elvis Presley’s Birthplace

Elvis may be everywhere, but he was born in a little shotgun shack in Tupelo MS.

Elvis Presley Birthplace, Tupelo MS

The US Army Camel Corps

One of the oddest experiments carried out by the US Army was the short-lived Camel Corps.

US Camel Corps                                                                     photo from WikiCommons

The Kennedy Bunker

During the Cold War, the Pentagon built a secret nuclear fallout shelter near Palm Beach FL for President John F Kennedy.

The Black Soldiers of the Confederacy

The first African-American military unit to be organized in the Civil War was on the side of the Confederacy. But they were not slaves—they were free volunteers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Louisiana Native Guards