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Amy Lowell: Making the World Safe for Poetry
by Nina Sankovitch In December 1917, Amy Lowell’s local newspaper, The Brookline Chronicle, ran a notice that…
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World War I Centennial: America’s Entry into The Great War
Exactly 100 years ago today, April 6, 1917 the United States of America declared war on…
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Back Over There: Remembering the Last Survivors of WWI
Richard Rubin Heads Back Over There In The Last of the Doughboys, Richard Rubin introduced readers…
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Anchor Hocking Glass and the Shattering of the All-American Town
by Brian R. Alexander Thomas Fulton drove one of the few automobiles in Lancaster, Ohio to…
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Pop Warner and the World’s First Indoor Professional Football Tournament
by Steve Sheinkin After four seasons at the Carlisle Indian School, Pop Warner was already considered…
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Searching for Grace Humiston: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
by Brad Ricca Grace Humiston was a celebrated lawyer, a famous detective, and the first female…
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Gulf War–Air Campaign, January 16 – February 28, 1991
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Gulf War–Air Campaign, January 16 – February 28,…
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The Kennedy Circle: A New Powerful Masculine Mystique
by Steven Watts In 1959 JFK stood as a youthful political leader, with an allure more…
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Nominating Our Best History Books 2016
As we close in on the end of of the year, we list our best history…
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The Battle of Khe Sanh, January 21 – April 8, 1968
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Khe Sanh combat base, built on a hilltop…
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Charles Sumner Witnesses the “Abraham Lincoln Magic”
by Stephen Puleo
In April 1865, at General Ulysses S. Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, Virginia,…
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The Wreck of USS Monitor
by David Gibbins
Almost half of the ships that I cover in my book, A History…
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America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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