October 27, 2010 by Blake Scarbrough | 1 Comment
In celebration of Halloween this coming weekend, we thought we would share some spooky, surprising and macabre stories about Edgar Allen Poe, UFO’s, horrific newspaper articles and more that all come from documents found on Footnote.com. If you’ve come across … Continue reading
September 10, 2009 by Tyler | Comments Off
Today in History; on September 10, 1813, nine U.S. vessals defeated and captured six British vessals in the Battle of Lake Erie, effectively taking control of the strategic Lake Erie. Find out why Lake Erie was so important and helped … Continue reading
July 2, 2009 by Peter | 3 Comments
Operation Valkyrie was a Hitler approved emergency scenario that set up the continuity of government and plan for the military if a general breakdown of civil order should occur, such as the Führer’s death. On July 20, 1944, in an … Continue reading
April 22, 2009 by Peter | Comments Off
Today as I was looking around Footnote, I came across some images, uploaded by UCHS1960, that are wonderful examples of the power of photographs. Nothing points out the similarities and differences between the past and the present the way a … Continue reading
December 5, 2008 by Peter | 20 Comments
Today, in conjunction with the National Archives and Records Administration, we announced the launch of the internet’s largest interactive World War II collection. Some of the information in the collection has been on the site for a while, but this … Continue reading
November 20, 2008 by Peter | 2 Comments
It’s amazing what a plane can go through and still keep flying. This morning I was looking through some photos on the site and came into a section of photos taken in England of planes that had been damaged on … Continue reading
August 25, 2008 by Lane | 8 Comments
Thanks for making this such an exciting year at Footnote. When we opened our doors in January of 2007 we had fewer than 5 million images on the site. Since then we’ve added 2 million images a month and have … Continue reading
