The events that began unfolding around midday on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, have cast a long and lasting shadow across the intervening 40 years. In a matter of seconds a deadly deed would inflict trauma on the nation and alter the course of American history. It opened a tragedy-filled decade pocked by war, violent domestic unrest and a string of political assassinations.
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Picture of the Day: July 6
The Battle of Gettysburg From the opening shot at 7:30 a.m. on July 1, […]
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Joe Palooka: A Comic Strip Character Goes to War
In 1940, one man saw the gathering war clouds and decided to forgo his career and enlist in the United States Army. His name was Joe Palooka-and he was a comic strip character.
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The Truth About Civil War Surgery
Union Colonel Thomas Reynolds lay in a hospital bed after the July 1864 Battle […]
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President William McKinley: Assassinated by an Anarchist
Anarchist Leon Czolgosz came to Buffalo, New York, with a mission. He believed that government was evil, and he planned to stamp out that evil, beginning at the top.
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Book Review: All the Queen’s Men / The World of Elizabeth I
All the Queen’s Men: The World of Elizabeth I, by Peter Brimacombe. St. Martin’s […]
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Book Review: Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understand (edited by James M. McPherson and William J. Cooper, Jr.): CWT
Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understand, edited by James M. McPherson and […]
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Book Review: April 1865: The Month That Saved America (by Jay Winik): CWT
April 1865: The Month That Saved America, by Jay Winik, HarperCollins, New York, 520 […]
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Book Review:Gettysburg 1863: High Tide of the Confederacy (Carl Smith): CWT
Gettysburg 1863: High Tide of the Confederacy, by Carl Smith, Osprey Military, London, England, […]