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Korean War

Battle of Inchon, September 15–19, 1950

WCAG HeadingEditor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab With the North Korean invasion halted, the…
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July 27, 1953: Korean War Armistice— Ceasefire Without Peace

Korean Armistice
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Callie Oettinger The Korean War armistice talks lasted over…
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One Korean War POW’s Story of Capture and Repatriation

Korean War Pows
dd dd dd By Lewis H. Carlson and Robert Coury Col. Bob Coury retired from the…
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June 25, 1950: Korean War Began Here

crossing 38th parallel
dd dd dd By Callie Oettinger The War Began Here—June 25, 1950. Crossing the 38th parallel.…
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Korea: Post-WWII Partition

8th parallel
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Jongsoo James Lee 1392 The Founding of Choson Dynasty…
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Korean War

The Battle of Wounded Knee

Portrait of Sitting Bull taken at the studio William Notman & Son, in Montreal, Canada, in 1885

by Tom Clavin

Tensions were high in 1890 between white people and the indigenous people in…
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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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