He witnessed the killing of Crazy Horse and led Ghost Dancers. “Turning Bear, a […]
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Dud Champion Followed in His Big Brother’s Boot Prints
Big-ranch foreman Mike Shonsey plagued both Texas brothers. Nathan David Champion, a Wyoming folk […]
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John Bull Shot Down His Gambling Pal, Soldier-Turned-Gunfighter Langford Peel
The two Englishmen had been partners in Virginia City. Colonel Alexander M. Woolfolk, editor […]
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Ulysses Grant’s Last Campaign
The porcelain clock on the mantle marks the moment time stopped in the cozy […]
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The Battle Between President Nixon And General Abrams
Presidential confidence in the MACV leader had deteriorated and would continue to erode
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Bertram Ramsay: The Mastermind of Operation Dynamo
In 1940 more than 300,000 Allied soldiers were trapped on the French coastline. Bertram Ramsay got them out.
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A Generation Goes to War
The sour public opinion about the war led to a distaste for returning veterans
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In 1991 Ukraine Gained Independence From the Soviet Union. So Did Dmytro Verholjak.
In 1991, after years of fighting, Ukraine finally gained independence from the Soviet Union. So did Dmytro Verholjak
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Interview: Frank J. Williams / Lincoln Lodestar
Frank Williams grew up in Cranston, R.I., and rose to serve as chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He de-stresses by baking, cooking, and writing, but his most longstanding hobby is collecting items related to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.
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Daily Quiz for October 17, 2017
He was the first jazz musician ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.