In October a walloping 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Tokyo, bringing to surface WWII-era American ships off the coast of Iwo Jima
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Sitting Bull’s Living Descendant Confirmed With New DNA Tech
The latest DNA evidence helps to bolster the family’s concerns over Sitting Bull’s final resting place.
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This German-Jewish Refugee Fought the Nazis as a ‘Ritchie Boy’
Today Paul Fairbrook can freely speak about his time at Camp Ritchie, once known only to World War II intelligence analysts and interrogators as “P.O. Box 1142.”
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History in Focus: Civil War Photography
In 2001 Bob Zeller co-founded the Center for Civil War Photography to pursue “windows into history”
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Rock ’n Roll ’n Race: A Fresh Look at the Keystone of the Elvis Presley Legend
A contrarian look at the influences underpinning the famed rock star from Tupelo, Mississippi.
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Found: A Navy ID Bracelet With a Mysterious Past
How did a member of the Texas “T-Patchers” 36th Infantry Division acquire the ID bracelet of a sailor serving on the other side of the world?
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As Memory Serves: Lee’s 1862 Trek Into Maryland, In Artists’ Eyes
Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia From the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862, explores in detail the critical second stage of General Robert E. Lee’s 1862 Maryland Campaign
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A Unique Nation? Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era
The central paradox: 19th-century Americans’ unshakable belief in their nation’s exceptionalism, despite its status as the world’s largest slave-owning empire
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How CBS News Reporter Richard C. Hottelet Became a ‘Guest’ of the Gestapo
His account of being arrested and held as a suspected spy
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This Celtic Victory Shaped the History of Modern Scotland
In 685, the Picts clashed with Angles in a fight that some historians believe forged the roots of present-day Scotland