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The Final Outcome: Braddock Tigers Football and the Strike of 1959
by Greg Nichols For reasons that had nothing to do with Eisenhower, Taft-Hartley, or the Supreme…
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A Poem or a Song: What Was Francis Scott Key Writing That Night?
by Marc Leepson Francis Scott Key loved poetry. From the time he was a child, he…
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The Legend of the Braddock Tigers
by Greg Nichols Big Bertha, a massive driving sled, haunted the Tigers’ dreams. It was rare…
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Life on the Streets of Victorian London
By Judith Flanders One of the earliest changes to the streets was the arrival of public…
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Five Surprisingly Modern Ideas in Shakespeare’s Writing
By Dan Falk Science, as we think of it today, didn't exist in Shakespeare’s England. And…
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Seven Surprising Ways Hollywood Has Influenced Politics
By Timothy Stanley It is hard not to think about the relationship between Hollywood and politics…
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An Official History of UFOs
By Nick Pope Nowadays, when the media reaches out to the US government for a quote…
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March 21, 1980: Jimmy Carter Announces 1980 Summer Olympics Boycott to Athletes
By Callie Oettinger President Jimmy Carter Aressing the U.S. Olympic Athletes,…
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Army-Navy Football: 100+ Years in Images
By Callie Oettinger Nov. 29, 1890: First Army/Navy football game was played…
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In Images: Berlin Wall at 50
By Callie Oettinger Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the building of…
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Cultural History
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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