On the front porch of Richard Garrett’s farmhouse near Bowling Green,Virginia,on April 26, 1865, […]
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Audiobook Review: Redemption / Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last 31 Hours
Recasting an icon as mortal, author Joseph Rosenbloom studies activist Martin Luther King Jr. in his final day and then some.
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Daily Quiz for November 19, 2018
At Arlington National Cemetery, the Unknown Soldier from this war was later identified and returned to his family
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Daily Quiz for November 18, 2018
Henry David Thoreau published Walden in 1854, but only lived there for this long
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Daily Quiz for November 17, 2018
The most highly decorated Army chaplain of World War I, Rev. Francis Patrick Duffy has a monument located here
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Valor | From Pulpit to Trench
Although an ordained clergyman of the Church of England, Lt. Col. Bernard William Vann is not counted among the VC chaplains. He earned his nation’s highest award for combat valor while serving as an infantry battalion commander
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Audiobook Review | The Promise of the Grand Canyon by John F. Ross
John F. Ross examines the life of John Wesley Powell and the Civil War amputee’s transition to a Reconstruction-era Jeremiah warning of unchecked expansion.
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Daily Quiz for November 16, 2018
In 1907, the New York Stock Exchange fell 50% from its peak the previous year and was contained only when this man intervened.
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Military History Book Review: Outpost Kelly, A Tanker’s Story
Outpost Kelly, A Tanker’s Story by Jack R. Siewert, Fire Ant Books, University of […]
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Military History Book Review: The Hungarian Revolution 1956
The Hungarian Revolution 1956 by Erwin A. Schmidl and László Ritter, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, […]