Tim Holbert, executive director of the American Veterans Center, answers three questions about The National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC.
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“Pinochle is a Rough Game”: My Love for Stalag 17
Regular readers of this column will know that I don’t really get excited about […]
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Daily Quiz for May 23, 2011
A French invasion force won its only victory in the 1798 Irish Rebellion at this town.
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Daily Quiz for May 22, 2011
The first major independent American offensive of World War I occurred here.
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Daily Quiz for May 21, 2011
In World War II, Operation Pointblank was intended to destroy this.
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Irvin McDowell’s Best Laid Plans
The ‘unexpected’ Rebels he met at Bull Run weren’t unexpected at all In the […]
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We Are All Rebels
A Louisiana youth wages a personal war with the Yankees on his doorstep Aleck […]
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New Gettysburg Film from Ridley and Tony Scott
Scott brothers produce Gettysburg film for History channel The famed filmmaking Scott brothers—Ridley (Gladiator; […]
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Harold Holzer on the Best and Worst Civil War Books
It’s time to remember good Civil War lit—and close the door on the bad […]
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A Sesquicentennial three-pack
Stunning photos dominate these coffee table tomes The Civil War sesquicentennial has spawned a […]