History In The Headlines

Category: French Revolution

FDR Memorial Four Freedoms Park
October 19, 2012

FDR Memorial Opens in New York

Almost 40 years after it was first proposed, this week marked the opening of Four Freedoms Park, a new memorial honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Guillotine
April 25, 2012

The Guillotine’s First Cut

Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first of thousands to be executed by the guillotine 220 years ago today.