Bob Ford

If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to run this column. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. ‘Damn the Torpedoes, full speed ahead!’ Those were the words of America’s first U.S. Navy Admiral, David Farragut, as he forced his armada past Fort Morgan into Mobile Bay. On Aug.

By Bob Ford If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to run this column. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton authorized Massachusetts Governor John Andrews to call for volunteers for an all-black infantry regiment. He received help from a number of Massachusetts men and

By Bob Ford Maj. Jimmie Doolittle, former champion speed pilot of the army, was in Chicago, superintending the completion of a mystery plane, he will fly in the national air races at Cleveland, Aug. 22, 1931. The ship according to E.M. Laird, the designer and builder will make 300 miles an hour. If you love

By Bob Ford If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to run this column. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. Lt. Col. Doolittle with members of his flight crew and Chinese officials in China after the attack. From left to right: Staff Sgt. Fred A. Braemer, bombardier; Staff Sgt.

By Bob Ford If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to run this column. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. The Dec. 7, 1941, surprise dawn attack by the Japanese Air Force on Pearl Harbor left the United States reeling. We weren’t ready for war. My mother remembered sitting

By Bob Ford Special to News-Press NOW If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to run this column. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. In life, if your name is given to anything including a crime, you’ve left a mark on society, like Charles Ponzi. Charles Ponzi is pictured