Miracle on Ice
David Israel: “Was Basically to See Whether David Had a Shot Against Goliath”

David Israel remembers the experience of watching the Miracle on Ice game from the press box in Lake Placid and also discusses why the Miracle game had such a monumental impact on the American psyche. Continue reading

NASA
First page of Reagan’s State of the Union Address after Challenger disaster; January 28 1986

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you for allowing me to delay my address until this evening. We paused together to mourn and honor the valor of our seven challenger heroes. And I hope we are now ready to do what they would want us to do– go … Continue reading