It was obviously an astute observer of the powerful relationship between religion and warfare […]
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Picture of the Day: May 15
General Douglas MacArthur General of the Army Douglas MacArthur smokes his corncob pipe in […]
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Who Was the Common Soldier of America’s Civil War
Common Soldier of the Civil War. Here’s what the statistics tell us.
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Billy Yank and Johnny Reb: On the Road to Atlanta
Bell Irvin Wiley — the late dean of common-soldier studies — works his storytelling magic in this 1964 profile of the extraordinary men who grappled for Georgia’s key city.
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Aviators Conquer the North Pole: May 13,1926
Two teams of aviators competed to be the first to fly over the North […]
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Picture of the Day: May 14
L. Frank Baum and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Lyman Frank Baum, born May […]
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Picture of the Day: May 12
Trappers and Hunters Trappers and hunters in the Four Peaks country on Brown’s Basin […]
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Picture of the Day: May 10
The Swedish Nightengale Swedish-born Jenny Lind (1820-1887), the greatest operatic and concert soprano of […]
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Picture of the Day: May 11
General Pershing General John Joseph Pershing poses with a horse in 1920. Pershing rose […]
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Picture of the Day: May 8
Sinking of the Lusitania During the second year of WWI, the British Cunard ocean […]