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First Bull Run
July 21, 1861: First Major Battle of the Civil War
By Christopher J. Olsen
In Spring 1861, both sides worked feverishly to train and equip the new armies, but the
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First Bull Run
Remembering Lillian Smith
by Keri Leigh Merritt
by Keri Leigh Merritt
Lillian Smith was a remarkable Southern white woman who fought to end segregation as early as
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The Phantom
by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
Germans knew U.S. Marine Pete Ortiz as
Das
Fantom. They had placed a half a million
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Carve Out Time for October’s New History Reads
As the weather cools and the days grow shorter, there is no better time to settle
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An Inconvenient Woman
by Keri Leigh Merritt
by Keri Leigh Merritt
A key figure in the early civil rights movement, Lillian Smith devoted her life to ending
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Alexander
by Edmund Richardson
by Edmund Richardson
Alexander the Great was a wide-eyed boy from the hills of Macedon who ruled most of
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Confronting America
by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer
by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer
In
Confronting America
, Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer argue that Americans have lost sight of
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Ash and Honor
by Jeffrey Robinson
by Jeffrey Robinson
From the secret service agent keeping President Bush safe to the fighter jet pilots on a
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Cicero’s Tongue
by Catharine Edwards
by Catharine Edwards
When the Roman statesman Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE, his head was cut off, and
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Featured Excerpt: Confronting America
by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer