The Ford Rouge River plant has been used to produce 28 vehicle models, and continues to be used -today manufacturing aluminum Ford F-150 bodies. But, little remembered today, the factory was not originally built to make automobiles, but to manufacture ships for the US Navy.
237 years ago, on March 4, 1789 the first US congress under the newly ratified constitution began its first session. It was, arguably, the most important congress in US History
No, the History Guy never owned a classic mustang. But that doesn't mean I didn’t want to.
On February 27, 1942 a three decades old US Navy ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft and sunk. It was a difficult time for the allies, many ships were lost that day. But the sinking of USS Langley represented the end of one of the most consequential ships is the Navy's history.