Mark Lause, Labor Historian at the University of Cincinnati, published, Free Labor: The Civil […]
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Daily Quiz for May 9, 2017
The Fathers of the Confederation, a painting Robert Harris completed in 1883, was destroyed in 1916 when this happened.
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Daily Quiz for May 8, 2017
Considered one of the most influential individuals of the twentieth century, this person is quoted as saying, “The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.”
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Daily Quiz for May 7, 2017
Born in Scotland in 1826 and dying in Canada in 1891, William Notman became internationally known for his expertise in this.
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Daily Quiz for May 6, 2017
Montreal’s Mount Royal was landscaped by this famous landscaper.
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Build Your Own Douglas AC-47 “Spooky” Gunship
Revell of Germany is the only manufacturer to date that has released a 1/48th-scale […]
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Footlocker: In for a Dollar
Curators at the National World War II Museum solve a reader’s question about a wartime banknote with names of battle places written on it
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Conversation with James W. Downing
World War II vet Jim Downing recounts his experiences on the USS West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor
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Battle Films: Sergeant York
Film analyst Mark Grimsley examines how the 1941 film “Sergeant York” use one real-life hero’s wartime experience to break through America’s isolationist sentiment
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Weapons Manual: Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 semi-automatic rifle
German paratroopers hit the ground fight-ready with the FG-42 rifle