Time traveling via reenacting history.
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Seeing Is Understanding
Visiting Civil War sites in person makes all the difference.
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Amos Humiston: Union Soldier Who Died at the Battle of Gettysburg
Mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, Union soldier Amos Humiston died clutching the only clue to his identity:an ambrotype of his three small children.
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HOW GOOD WERE THEY?
UNTIL 1947, WHEN JACKIE ROBINSON JOINED THE BROOKLYN DODGERS, TALENTED BLACK ATHLETES TOILED IN RELATIVE OBSCURITY IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES DESPITE THE EXCITING CALIBER OF THEIR PLAY.
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DEVOTION TO THE CHIEF
President Harry S. Truman relied heavily on Dean Acheson for his most significant foreign policy achievements.
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THE WOMAN BEHIND THE “TONY”
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Broadway’s Tony Awards; few who tune in to watch the gala event will know the story of actor/director Antoinette Perry, for whom the award is named.
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Mercury 7: The First American Astronauts to Orbit Earth
In February 1962—just nine months after President John F. Kennedy called for the […]
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The Black Bean Lottery
In March 1843, 176 members of an unauthorized army of Texans captured in Mexico drew beans from a jar to determine which 17 among them would die for their alleged crimes.
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“Neither Snow nor Rain…” – America’s First Postage Stamps
The hobby that attracts more Americans with a collector’s instinct than any other […]
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The History of the US Postal Service—And That Time Someone Sent Their Kid Through the Mail
The United States Postal Service has a long history of meeting the varied needs of an expanding and changing nation.