Before "Gertie the Dinosaur," often incorrectly identified as the first animated film, Gertie’s creator made an animated short featuring this creature.
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Antietam Remembered
A veteran of Antietam spent his life collecting accounts of the war’s most horrific fighting
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Crazy Boston Corbett Killed John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth’s killer achieved instant fame—but folks soon realized he was just plain crazy
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The Big One: World War II
Historians of World War II may ask themselves whether they are still relevant. There’s someone who thinks they are, however: the U.S. military.
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Daily Quiz for August 25, 2010
The popularity of Thomas Gray’s poem "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" may have increased upon the death of this military commander.
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Daily Quiz for August 24, 2010
She was the woman Abraham Lincoln referred to as "Little Sister."
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Daily Quiz for August 23, 2010
This company had the first mass-produced series of warplanes in the United States.
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Daily Quiz for August 22, 2010
The American Civil War engagement at Picacho Peak took place in this state.
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Daily Quiz for August 21, 2010
In addition to LZ X-Ray, this landing zone saw intense fighting in the Ia Drang Valley during November 1965.