General Winfield Scott – military hero, political flop
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‘Our Good Frank’s Patriotic Song’
Francis Scott Key, the Battle of Baltimore and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
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2014 Spur Award: The Other James Brother
Forever in brother Jesse’s long shadow, Frank James may have been the more cunning and cold-blooded of the pair, as revealed in this Spur Award–winning feature
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In the Valley of Secrets
Virginia Mennonites helped Unionists escape the Confederacy on an underground railroad. Now their modern-day kin reveal the long hidden story
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Here is Where: Penicillin Comes to Peoria
Penicillin helped win World War II. Peoria made it possible.
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Bush Knob Massacre: ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’
Texas cowboy John Larn, the head of a civilian-military posse in late 1873, had reportedly said these words many times—and their truth played out in the Bush Knob Massacre
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Interview: Don Bullis / Historiographer
Bullis’ books cover everything New Mexico—from famous figures to unsolved murders.
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Interview: Patrick Hallinan / Arlington National Cemetery
Patrick Hallinan, executive director of Arlington National Cemetery, discusses the sesquicentennial of America’s most hallowed ground and plans for its future.
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Big Red One Hits Easy Red
An excerpt from John C. McManus’s The Dead and Those About to Die is a visceral account of the D-Day landings
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What Civil War Generals were at Harpers Ferry During John Brown’s Raid
In the movie Santa Fe Trail it depicted several pre–Civil War officers at the battle […]