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A Poem or a Song: What Was Francis Scott Key Writing That Night?

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WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading by Marc Leepson Francis Scott Key loved poetry. From the…
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The Legend of the Braddock Tigers

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WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading by Greg Nichols Big Bertha, a massive driving sled, haunted…
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Life on the Streets of Victorian London

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WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Judith Flanders One of the earliest changes to the…
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Five Surprisingly Modern Ideas in Shakespeare’s Writing

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WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Dan Falk Science, as we think of it today,…
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Seven Surprising Ways Hollywood Has Influenced Politics

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Wcag Heading Wcag Heading Wcag Heading By Timothy Stanley It is hard not to think about…
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An Official History of UFOs

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Nick Pope Nowadays, when the media reaches out to the US government…
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March 21, 1980: Jimmy Carter Announces 1980 Summer Olympics Boycott to Athletes

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WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Callie Oettinger   President Jimmy Carter Addressing the U.S.…
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Army-Navy Football: 100+ Years in Images

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Callie Oettinger Nov. 29, 1890: First Army/Navy football game was played at…
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In Images: Berlin Wall at 50

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dd dd dd By Callie Oettinger Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the building of the…
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The NFL and the Medal of Honor

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WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Clint VanWinkle Nearly 28,000 people braved the rain to…
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Cultural History

Featured Excerpt: Tom Paine’s War

Painting of Thomas Paine by Laurent Dabos. National Portrait Gallery (London). Public domain.

by Jack Kelly

In 1776, Tom Paine's words—and the determination of American patriots—allowed our nation to…
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Three New History Books to Read This January

January 2026 Upcoming History Books
With a new year comes a new set of history books publishing this month. Whether you've…
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Featured Excerpt: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

Auschwitz gate

by Anne Sebba

An instant USA Today bestseller, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz …
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Featured Excerpt: JFK: Public, Private, Secret

Jackie Bouvier and John F. Kennedy married in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 12, 1953.

by J. Randy Taraborrelli

J. Randy Taraborrelli shares with The History Reader an excerpt from his…
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Featured Excerpt: The Sea Captain’s Wife

Neptune's Car Clipper Ship.

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

In The Sea Captain's Wife, New York Times bestselling author Tilar J.…
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The Curious Case of Nuremberg’s Hangman

View of the defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. November 1945. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia.

by Tim Queeney

In his book Rope, author Tim Queeney takes readers on a unique and…
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Featured Excerpt: Gemini

stronaut James Lovell is photographed inside his Gemini spacecraft during the Gemini-12 mission

by Jeffrey Kluger

Named by Time Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of fall…
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Featured Excerpt: Progress

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by Samuel Miller McDonald

In Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy…
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