Rumors of an assassination plot forced President-elect Lincoln to sneak through Charm City in […]
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Interview: Harold Holzer / Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861
Harold Holzer’s latest book, Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861 […]
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The Civil War Today: December 2008
New Museum Celebrates Midwest Soldiers No battles took place in Kenosha, Wis., but the […]
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Joshua Sill: The Hero and His Threatened Monument
“Another sacrifice to the grim, insatiate Moloch of War,” The Highland Weekly News evoked when reporting the death of Brig. Gen. Joshua W. Sill in 1863. Today Sill’s rapidly deteriorating gravesite monument is threatened with destruction.
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Hallowed Ground | Megiddo (Armageddon), Israel
Megiddo, in Israel’s Jezreel Valley, is among the most fought-over pieces of ground in human history
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Daily Quiz for April 27, 2018
During his imprisonment in Alcatraz during the 1930’s, this criminal wrote the song, “Humoresque.”
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What If the July 20 Bomb Plot to Kill Hitler Had Succeeded?
There is a counterintuitive and surprisingly strong case that even if Hitler had been killed in the July 20 blast, the coup it was to have set in motion would have failed.
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WWII Review: Blazing Angels 2- Secret Missions of WWII
As the sequel to the premiere flight-combat action game from earlier this year, Blazing […]
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WWII Review: Lust, Caution
Lust, Caution (2007) Director: Ang Lee Time: 158 minutes. Color. Subtitles. This aptly titled […]
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WWII Book Review: The Forgotten 500
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the […]