Everyone regards the Marne as the turning point of 1914 (and of the First […]
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Voices | David S. Ferriero
Wars are fought twice. Once on the battlefield and once in memory.
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Audiobook Review | The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone
Daniel Stone’s text is a charming study of botanist David Fairchild whose legacy includes introducing Americans to avocados, cashews, nectarines, soy beans
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Beyond Burnside Bridge
Desperate fighting south of Sharpsburg ultimately decided the Battle of Antietam Accounts of the […]
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Daily Quiz for September 17, 2018
J. Parnell Thomas, chair of the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee during the 1940’s who sent people to prison and ruined many careers, was sent to prison himself for this offense.
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Daily Quiz for September 16, 2018
Ten men known as The Hollywood Ten were imprisoned for a year beginning in 1950 for this offense.
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Daily Quiz for September 15, 2018
In a 1952 feature film, Ronald Reagan starred as this renowned right-handed pitcher known as “Old Pete” who pitched 90 shutouts in a career spanning from 1911 to 1930.
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American History Book Review: Justice for All
Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made By Jim Newton, Riverhead/Penguin, […]
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The Battle to Save Blair Mountain
More than 85 years after the miners’ ill-fated march, another battle for Blair Mountain […]
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A Powder Keg Ready to Blow
Coal miners toiling in the bowels of the earth kept American industry humming in […]