In 1916, ten year old Antonio Gentile designed this advertising icon.
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Killers in Green Coats
Hiram Berdan’s green-coated marksmen of the 1st United States Sharp Shooters made things miserable for the Confederates around Yorktown, Virginia.
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Audio: The USS Yorktown- How Two Sailors Survived The Battle Of Midway
During the Battle of Midway of World War II, two injured sailors left aboard the abandoned USS Yorktown manage to get rescued.
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Daily Quiz for July 20, 2016
A professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1914-1921, this man designed the graduate college and chapel at Princeton University.
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Interview: Author Dorothy Love
In this interview, HistoryNet reporter Rebecca Miller interviews historical author Dorothy Love. Love is […]
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What Is a Good Book On U.S. History?
Can you recommend a good general book on U.S. history?
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Daily Quiz for July 19, 2016
On March 29, 1973 the last US combat troops left this country.
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Martin Guitar Factory
Welcome to An American Place This page carries on from the department of the […]
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Audio: Horror, Death And Gratitude- WWII Veteran Recalls Liberating Buchenwald Concentration Camp
A World War II veteran, Jimmy Weldon describes clearing minefields and the horrors he encountered when liberating the Buchenwald Concentration Camp.
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Daily Quiz for July 18, 2016
On Easter Day in 845, Vikings, supposedly lead by Ragnar Lodbrok, sacked this city.