The 9 greatest Supreme Court justices of all time were bold thinkers who wouldn’t survive today’s confirmation process.
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Letter from American History – October 2009
Supreme Insight History has shown that brilliance is hard to hide on the Supreme […]
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Daily Quiz for July 29, 2009
The Germans first used paratroopers to capture objectives in this country.
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not
John Ripley, a U.S. Marine captain serving as an adviser to the South Vietnamese marines, placed explosives under and blew up the Dong Ha bridge in March 1972, and stopped 20,000 NVA troops and 200 tanks from moving south to capture Saigon.
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Interview: Duery Felton / curator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection
Article includes an exclusive photo gallery of items left at the Wall.
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Daily Quiz for July 28, 2009
In 1929, just prior to the beginning of the Great Depression, Henry Ford’s assembly lines were producing a new car in this length of time.
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Daily Quiz for July 27, 2009
This polite, poetic stagecoach robber gained notoriety under an assumed name in northern California and southern Oregon.
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Daily Quiz for July 26, 2009
On April 3, 2974, the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation for the Congress reported that this man owed $476,531 in back taxes and interest.
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Daily Quiz for July 25, 2009
These early American badmen committed their crimes in Tennessee, Kentucky and southern Illinois late in the 18th century. Their cruelty became legendary.
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The American Way of War?
Amphibious operations are the most difficult to execute, but during World War II, the U.S. military practically perfected them.