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June 14, 1775: Raising Today’s Army

Continental Army
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By James L. Nelson The Provincial Congress was worried. It…
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Easy Company in France: After D-Day

WCAG Heading By Don Malarkey WCAG Heading Easy Company After D-Day Normandy, France, was beauty and…
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D-Day in Images: 1944 to Today

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WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Callie Oettinger Sketch of a D-Day Dress – Platoon Leader: The D-day…
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Preparing for D-Day

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy John C. McManus The Germans had four years to fortify their conquered…
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Eisenhower on D-Day Success— And In Case of Failure

General Eisenhower with Troops
dd dd dd By Callie Oettinger Message Drafted by General Dwight Eisenhower in Case the D-Day…
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Memorial Day Speeches, Proclamations, and Statements

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Callie Oettinger Memorial Day Speeches, Proclamations and Statements reflect the changing course…
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May 18, 1863: Start of the Siege of Vicksburg

dd dd dd By Andrew F. Smith Even before the siege of Vicksburg commenced, food was…
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SEAL Team Six: The Unit That Killed Bin Laden

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin When the U. S. Navy sends…
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President Vetos Bonus Bill Benefiting Soldiers

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy John W. Dean Following the war’s close in 1918, there had developed…
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The Flag and the Families

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WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By: Julia Spencer-Fleming You see them in long-range photos on…
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Military History

The Battle of Wounded Knee

Portrait of Sitting Bull taken at the studio William Notman & Son, in Montreal, Canada, in 1885

by Tom Clavin

Tensions were high in 1890 between white people and the indigenous people in…
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Featured Excerpt: Emilio Pucci

Il Deputato Liberale Emilio Pucci, IV Legislatura Repubblica Italiana, 2016. Courtesy of Wikimedia. Public Domain.

by by Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci

Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci with a foreword by Suzy Menkes When people think of fashion…
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The Importance of Mud

by Jane Ziegelman

Once Upon a Town author Jane Ziegelman credits her studies in cultural anthropology…
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Featured Excerpt: The Escapes of David George

Map from The Escapes of David George. Credit: Credit: Springer Cartographics

by Gregory E. O'Malley

When most Americans think of slavery, they do not picture the colonial…
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Five New History Books to Read This February

From the dramatic story of a Black man’s relentless search for freedom in Revolutionary-era America to…
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Galileo’s Secret Sauce: People Skills

A portrait of Galileo by Flemish painter Justus Sustermans. Circa 1640. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

by Matt Kaplan

In I Told You So!, author Matt Kaplan reveals how scientists from Darwin…
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Anne Sebba’s 7 Most Important Holocaust Books

Auschwitz gate

by Anne Sebba

On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was finally liberated. In The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, New York…
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The Landmarks of Mary Ann Patten’s Maine

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

New York Times bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo gives a behind-the-scenes look…
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