A fast moving “Alberta Clipper,” struck so quickly on March 15, 1941 across North Dakota and Minnesota that it stranded thousands of people, and killed more than 100.
Three classic episodes of The History Guy about how the Christmas season survives even tragedy.
The “Great Sedition Trial” uncovered shocking connections at the time with the German reich that we were fighting, and challenged the idea that the nation was of a single mind during the war. It also challenged exactly how far the national commitment to freedom of speech and opinion reached, especially in extraordinary times.