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Region Archives:Americas

Geronimo

Was Geronimo Really a Good Leader?

by Candy Moulton10/19/202210/19/2022
Liege shotgun

How the Shotgun Became a Favorite Among Civil War Soldiers

by Albert R. LaBure10/17/202210/20/2022

Why Are All These Pioneering Aviators Buried in Burbank?

by Paul History and Dennis K. Johnson10/12/202210/5/2022

P-47D Thunderbolt: The Plane Brazilian Pilots Flew in WWII

by Jon Guttman10/12/202210/17/2022

That One Time the US Navy Torpedoed FDR

by Claire Barrett10/11/202210/18/2022
Second Presidential Inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt, East Portico of U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., USA, Harry Warnecke, Robert F. Cranston, January 20, 1937

Hell Hath No Fury Like… FDR? Inside the President’s Campaign to Punish Democrats

by John A. Riggs10/11/202210/18/2022
The justices of the Supreme Court. Sitting, from left to right, Justices Sutherland and McReynolds, Chief Justice Hughes, Justices Brandeis and Butler. Standing, left to right, Justices Cardozo, Stone, Roberts, and Black.

Court Packing Attempts Are Nothing New, Just Ask FDR

by John A. Riggs10/11/202210/11/2022
Civil War ambulance at Wilson's Creek

Hospitals Are Always a Good Idea, and Other Vital Lessons From the Civil War

by John Lustrea10/11/202210/11/2022

Winchester’s Burying Grounds: Where North Meets South

by Melissa A. Winn10/10/202210/18/2022

The Northrop P-61 Black Widow and its Deadly Web

by Stephan Wilkinson10/7/202210/25/2022

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