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Leaving Little Bighorn
By John C. McManus Back at the main column, General Terry and Colonel Gibbon watched as…
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FDR’s Funeral Train
By Robert Klara Late into the afternoon of Thursday, March 29, 1945, the warm, languid breezes…
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George Washington Voted Commander in Chief
By James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn In March 1775, representatives from Virginia’s counties met to…
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April 9, 1865: Robert E. Lee Surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant
By Callie Oettinger April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia…
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March 9, 1862: Monitor and the Merrimac
By Callie Oettinger March 9, 1862 saw the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac (CSS…
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President Lincoln’s Hand-Written and Noted Inaugural Addresses
By Callie Oettinger President Lincoln's Hand-Written March 4, 1861 Inaugural Aress (click on image below to…
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September 16, 1814: Francis Scott Key and the Star-Spangled Banner
By Marc Leepson The man who named that flag, Francis Scott Key, witnessed the Battle of…
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President Ronald Reagan and Libya
By Callie Oettinger In his April 14, 1986 aress to the nation on the United States Air…
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President Ronald Regan: Grenada and Beirut
By Callie Oettinger October 23, 1983, a suicide bomber killed 241 Marines in Beirut. Just a…
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Did President Clinton or One of His Aides Lose the Nuclear Codes?
By Gen. Hugh Shelton Media outlets have reported an account from Without Hesitation: The Odyssey of…
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The JFK Conspiracy
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by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
Belmont, New HampshireSeptember 1960 New York…
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Introduction to Eliot Stein’s
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In Custodians of Wonder, Eliot Stein takes a vivid look at 10 astonishing people who are maintaining some of…
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The Island Behind the Island: Real Life Inspiration for
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Suspense author Sharon Short shares the rich history behind Mile Island, the real-life location that inspired…
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Harriot Kezia Hunt, from a 1910 publication. (Public domain,…
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Four Against the West is a thrilling true saga of legendary Texas figure Judge…
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In Resist, award-winning journalist Rita Omokha charts the last century of civil rights activism, from the…
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