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by Jack Kelly

Today is Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts. It commemorates the battles at Lexington and…

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While the holidays are primarily a time to reconnect with family and…

by Jack Kelly

Benedict Arnold was one of the Revolutionary War’s most aggressive and courageous soldiers.…

by Jack Kelly

I have traveled to Revolutionary-era battlefields and forts. I’ve examined countless eighteenth-century muskets,…
by Jack Kelly Charles Finney and the Erie Canal Billy Graham ‘s long career invites comparisons…
by Jack Kelly Five Technological Breakthroughs of the Erie Canal A canal is just a ditch,…
by The History Reader Veterans Day is the day we honor and commemorate our brave service…
By Jack Kelly George Washington called the American victory in the Revolutionary war “little short of…

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The Centennial Fire

Centennial

by Chris Wimmer

The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to November…

War and Reconciliation

war

by Tom Clavin

Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and Iowa.…

The Rise of the Weimar Republic

Sparticist

by Susan Ronald

In the following excerpt from Hitler's Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the Weimar…

Crary of the North…and South

Albert

by Tom Clavin

 It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North…

Meet the White House Plumbers

Justin

by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh

by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story of…

A Long Journey Home

Arizona

by Tom Clavin

During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to Hell,…

The Windsors at War

Duke

by Alexander Larman

When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become…

Old Houses of the West

Where

by Sandra Dallas

Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…

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