The USS Monitor was originally called this.
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Daily Quiz for May 19, 2019
The average Union private in the American Civil War carried about this much weight while on the march
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Daily Quiz for May 18, 2019
The Supreme Court decision in Engel v. Vitale banned this from public schools.
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‘Cold Blue’ brings death-defying world of a World War II B-17 bomber crew to life
Cinematic masterpieces “The Best Years of Our Lives” (1946), “Roman Holiday” (1953) and “Ben-Hur” […]
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A Look Back at D-Day…
A photographic retrospective of history’s largest amphibious operation
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Daily Quiz for May 17, 2019
The code names for the first three atomic bombs: Thin Man, Fat Man and Little Boy, come from novels by the crime writer.
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John D. Rockefeller Sr.’s Pap Was a Con Man
‘Devil Bill’ was a grifter, a bigamist, and a pain in his Baptist son’s behind
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Daily Quiz for May 16, 2019
A February 1879 US Army Court of Inquiry exonerated Major Marcus Reno of this charge.
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Pre-Invasion Madness in England: The Final Days Before D-Day
Southern England’s residents and temporary “guests” recall the weeks just before D-Day when the world took on a surreal cast.
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Reveling Wreck: The Shameless Showman of the MLB
He smoked four packs a day, drank a case of beer a day, read […]