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Joshua Chamberlain on horseback
Posted inInterview

This Son of Maine Was Much More Than a Civil War Hero

by Dave Kindy10/16/202310/5/2023

A new biography of Joshua Chamberlain goes well beyond Little Round Top to explore the general’s spectacular life.

Millie Ringold sitting in a Montana field
Posted inStories

Born into Slavery, Millie Ringold Became Queen of all She Surveyed

by Catharine Melin Moser10/13/20238/30/2023

She joined the rush to the Montana Territory goldfields and became a memorable figure.

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Harvest Time

by Dana B. Shoaf10/12/202310/12/2023

October is time to bring in the crops, and this gent donned his best […]

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Rommel’s Lasting Injuries from World War I 

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher10/12/202310/12/2023

This rare 1930s photo shows Erwin Rommel, fated to become Germany’s most famous Field […]

gurkhas-kukri-knives-london
Posted inFeature

Nepal is the Birthplace of Buddha. It’s Also Home to Some of the World’s Toughest Fighters

by Chuck Lyons10/12/202312/11/2023

Armed with kukri knives, the Gurkha warriors have distinguished themselves in combat for hundreds of years.

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Fokker’s Trimotor

by Tom Huntington10/11/202310/12/2023

Secretary of Commerce and future president Herbert Hoover (second from left) endures a photo […]

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A Youthful Veteran

by Dana B. Shoaf10/11/202310/11/2023

This young member of the Union’s Veteran’s Reserve Corps wears a 2nd Corps badge […]

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Shuffling Buffalo off a Cliff

by David Lauterborn10/11/202310/12/2023

William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody earned his moniker as a hunter in 1867–68 culling […]

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King of the Navy

by Tom Huntington10/11/202310/12/2023

Rear Admiral Ernest J. King was chief of the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics […]

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Generational Respect

by Christopher Howland10/11/202310/11/2023

American military commanders John A. Lejeune and Dion Williams greet Union Antietam veterans on […]

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