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The Evolution of the Modern American Sniper
by Chris Martin The popularized notion of the lone sniper, out in the brush for days…
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In Praise of Fear: from an American Warrior
by Gary O'Neal “Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen…
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Veterans Day: Remembering Those Who Served
by The History Reader Veterans Day is the day we honor and commemorate our brave service…
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1977: The Amityville Haunting and the Enfield House
by Roger Clarke ‘Just before I died, I went blind, and then I had an ’aemorrhage…
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Hawai’i: A History of Political Correctness
by Jame L. Haley
by James L. Haley Anyone who has been attuned to teaching history for any length of…
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Jefferson’s “Scientific” Declaration of Independence
by Tom Shachtman Before Thomas Jefferson began to write a draft of the Declaration of Independence,…
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The Man Who Burned Washington D.C.
By Peter Snow The only time other than 9/11 that an outside force has attacked the…
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Shedding the Mythology of the Good Slaveholder
By Chris Tomlinson Tomlinson Hill is the stunning story of two families—one white, one black—who trace their…
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The Dow Jones Celebrates an Anniversary
By Milton Ezrati The venerable Dow Jones Industrial Stock Index recently celebrated an anniversary—one year since…
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The Truth about Lincoln’s Beard
by Daniel Stashower
By Daniel Stashower My son’s history teacher thinks I’m spreading lies. To be fair, he was…
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U. S. 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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