His experiences in the War of 1812 and subsequent six-week captivity in Canada opened his eyes to the need for a professional regular army.
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Book Review: Big Ben, America’s Secret Agent
While in London, Benjamin Franklin helps foment a plot involving a slave that contributes to the colonies’ separation from Great Britain.
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Aviation History Book Review: Squadron 303
Arkady Fiedler, a Polish-born writer of popular travelogues, reached his zenith as a wordsmith when he chronicled the impressive early exploits of free Polish fighter pilots flying with the Royal Air Force in the historic air battle to save Britain in the summer of 1940.
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How the Colonists Beat Britain’s Best Generals
How an ‘ill-armed peasantry’ beat the daylights out of Clinton, Cornwallis, and a raft of professional soldiers
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Owns a Bunch of Dinosaurs — The More You Know!
The Corps of Engineers now manages over 8,000,000 acres of land in the U.S. It also owns, rather unintentionally, an enormous collection of fossils and one of the most intact Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons to ever be found
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George Washington: Patriot, President, Planter and Purveyor of Distilled Spirits
“I consent to your commencing a distillery, and approve of your purchasing the Still, […]
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How George Washington’s Mount Vernon Home Became His Obsession
Just 11 miles from Reagan National Airport, Washington’s “Home House” still imparts a sense […]
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Fort Ticonderoga: Then and Now
A brief history of one of the most fortified sites in North America, the scene of several 18th century military clashes
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Coming Out Catholic in Colonial Maryland
The Puritans weren’t the only sect to seek freedom to worship in North America
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Abolitionist Brooklyn: A Sanctuary City Before Its Time
Separated from Southern-sympathizing Manhattan, Brooklyn had one of the largest and most politically aware Black communities in the U.S.