Vicksburg 1863, by Winston Groom, Alfred A. Knopf Winston Groom is a first-rate spinner […]
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Glory: Reflections on a Civil War Classic: June/July 2009
Nearly 20 years have passed since Glory, director Edward Zwick’s treatment of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, made its debut in December 1989.
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Daily Quiz for May 30, 2009
Prior to 1857, divorce in Great Britain was possible only through the approval of this body.
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Daily Quiz for May 29, 2009
This one-time scout in the Apache wars was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyo., for the alleged murder of 14-year-old Willie Nickell on July 18, 1901.
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Men of the 101st Airborne Division Make the Jump of their Lives
Photographs of men from the 101st Airborne Division, who led the way on D-Day by parachuting into Normandy before the amphibious invasion.
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Interview: Bobbie Keith / The Weathergirl
Bobbie the Weathergirl, Bobbie Keith, ended her popular weather forecasts from Saigon’s Armed Forces Vietnam (AFVN) TV with her signature sign-off, ‘Until tomorrow, have a pleasant evening, weatherwise or…otherwise,’ from 1967 to 1969.
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Daily Quiz for May 28, 2009
This former Union general is credited with making Memorial Day a national U.S. holiday.
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Jimmy Stewart’s Stepson Ambushed in DMZ
Marine 1st Lt. Ronald McClean, the 24-year-old stepson of Jimmy Stewart, had only been in reconnaissance a couple of weeks when he was killed in action while on patrol during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1969.
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Daily Quiz for May 27, 2009
This New England theologian delivered the famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."