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March 9, 1862: Monitor and the Merrimac

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Callie Oettinger March 9, 1862 saw the battle between the Monitor and…
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President Lincoln’s Hand-Written and Noted Inaugural Addresses

WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Callie Oettinger President Lincoln’s Hand-Written March 4, 1861 Inaugural…
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September 16, 1814: Francis Scott Key and the Star-Spangled Banner

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Marc Leepson The man who named that flag, Francis Scott Key, witnessed…
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President Ronald Reagan and Libya

President Reagan briefing with National Security Council Staff
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Callie Oettinger In his April 14, 1986 address to the…
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President Ronald Regan: Grenada and Beirut

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Callie Oettinger October 23, 1983, a suicide bomber killed 241 Marines in…
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Did President Clinton or One of His Aides Lose the Nuclear Codes?

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Gen. Hugh Shelton Media outlets have reported an account from Without Hesitation:…
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U. S. History

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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Dolly Parton Knows Who She Is

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, 1969.

by Martha Ackmann

Lifelong fan Martha Ackmann shares with The History Reader why she felt drawn…
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