The 16th president had an emotional real-life encounter with black soldiers you won’t see […]
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Letter from the Editor- American History October 2013
Opportunities Lost and Found In our collective mind’s eye are certain photographic images that […]
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Abraham Lincoln Greets General and Mrs. Tom Thumb
It was America’s first full-blown celebrity wedding, choreographed, publicized and staged by P.T. Barnum, […]
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Watergate Accomplice and Whistleblower John Dean Speaks Out
What did president Nixon know and when did he know it? Forty years ago, […]
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We’ve Been Here Before: Domestic Terrorism- The Killers Next Door
Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombers, murdered four people and injured 280 […]
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From The Crossroads: A Gallant Stand
Two 12-pounder Napoleons stand west of the Old Hagerstown Pike at Antietam National Battlefield, […]
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The War’s Biggest Blunder
William T. Sherman had many opportunities to capture Augusta’s ordnance complex. And didn’t even try.
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Daily Quiz for June 6, 2017
Abolitionist Benjamin Lundy helped this other abolitionist decide to dedicate his life to the cause.
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Why Former Confederate Frank Huston Joined Forces With the Sioux
The “unreconstructed Reb” lived among the Lakotas but probably wasn’t at Little Bighorn.
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Daily Quiz for June 5, 2017
The Statue of Liberty was dedicated by this president