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The Centennial Fire

Centennial

by Chris Wimmer

dd The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to…
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The History Behind the Mystery: Maze Master

by Kathleen ONeal Gear

Wcag Heading by Kathleen O’Neal Gear A reporter once told me that our library could pass…
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The Secret Plot to Murder King James I

WCAG Headingby Benjamin Woolley The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power seemed…
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Alexander Cochrane and the Enduring Myths of the War of 1812

WCAG HeadingBy Willard Sterne Randall The War of 1812, often called “the forgotten conflict,” is probably…
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Amy Lowell: Making the World Safe for Poetry

WCAG Headingby Nina Sankovitch In December 1917, Amy Lowell’s local newspaper, The Brookline Chronicle, ran a notice…
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World War I Centennial: America’s Entry into The Great War

Exactly 100 years ago today, April 6, 1917 the United States of America declared war on…
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Erich Kempka: Driving Hitler and his Limousines

Limousine
WCAG Headingby Robert Klara One of the reasons why we know so much about the perilous…
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Nominating Our Best History Books 2016

As we close in on the end of of the year, we list our best history…
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Felix Yusupov and the Murder of Rasputin

WCAG Headingby Douglas Smith The Yusupov household was staunchly anti-Rasputin. Felix Yusupov’s father could not bear…
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Colonel Peter Ortiz and the Covert Marines

WCAG HeadingMichael E. Haskew Among the most compelling and least known U.S. Marine exploits of World…
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Richard Nixon’s Call for a Cosmic Hoedown

Apollo 11 launch from Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969.

by Jeffrey Kluger

Few authors have had as big an impact on space journalism as Jeffrey…
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To Look Them in the Face: Bunker Hill 250

Map of The Battle of Bunker Hill.

by Jack Kelly

As part of the ongoing celebration of the birth of the United States…
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The Red Baron and Early Flyboys During WWI

Photograph of Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron.

by Tom Clavin

To celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended WWI on…
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History Reads: July 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out some of our favorite new history books publishing…
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This Is a Pretty Country We Live In: The Trial of Anne Royall

Ducking stool illustration

by Jack Kelly

In honor of Anne Royall's birthday (June 11, 1769), author Jack Kelly shares…
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Ben Franklin Gets Juiced With a Little Hemp

Ben West's painting of Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky.

by Tim Queeney

In June of 1752, with some sources specifically saying the tenth of June, Benjamin Franklin conducted…
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Dear Mr. Coppola: A True War Story from Việt Nam

by Alex Vernon

Alex Vernon, author of Peace Is a Shy Thing, discusses reality versus cinema…
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Historical Summer Reading: June 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out some of our favorite new history books publishing…
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