Januarius MacGahan’s dispatches from the 1876 April Uprising in Bulgaria horrified Europe with reports […]
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Prelude to Revolution
The Earl of Dunmore stamped his name on a 1774 Indian war and took […]
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Valor | Remarkable Exploits
With typical British understatement the citation for New Zealander Charles Upham’s Victoria Cross termed […]
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Hallowed Ground | Fort Necessity National Battlefield
By the mid-18th century archrivals Great Britain and France had each laid claim to […]
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Daily Quiz for January 1, 2017
The first actual person depicted on an U.S. coin was this American.
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Daily Quiz for December 31, 2016
Known as the Fugio cent, the first American penny had the message “We Are One” on one side and this motto on the other side.
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5 Questions: A Timely Save
Civil War Trust President Jim Lighthizer, On the Rescue of a Storied Gettysburg landmark. […]
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‘Maggots Held High Carnival’ Over Tom Waggoner’s Lifeless Corpse
Death came for Tom Waggoner at the end of a rope strung from a […]
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Daily Quiz for December 30, 2016
George Washington in 1793, ran for reelection to the presidency unopposed as did this one other man.