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Tag: American History

Painting of the battle of Lundy’s Lane, Canada, 1814.

In 1814 the British Stymied an American Attempt to Invade Canada. They Were Stopped at Lundy’s Lane.

by William John Shepherd8/25/20238/25/2023
Photo of Lincoln Beachey piloting his Beachey Airship, mid to late 1900s.

Men Typically Have a Shorter Life Span Than Women—These Dirigible Daredevils Prove Why

by Bruce W. Dearstyne8/23/20236/14/2024
Photo of Samuel Morse's patent drawing of his telegraph design.

A Personal Tragedy Inspires the First Instant Messaging

by Melissa A. Winn8/22/20238/1/2023
Photo of the outside of the Comfort Kitchen, Dorchester, Mass.

‘Hungry’ For Preservation? Comfort Kitchen Serves Up Soul Food and Saved Architecture

by Melissa A. Winn8/15/20238/1/2023
Texas Civil War Museum

The Texas Civil War Museum Lowers Its Flag

by Donald L. Barnhart Jr.7/24/20237/20/2023
Photo of West Berlin children perched on the fence of Tempelhof airport watch the fleets of U.S. airplanes bringing in supplies in 1948 to circumvent the Russian blockade of land and waterways. The airlift began June 25, 1948 and continued for 11 months.

Berlin Airlift at 75: The Most Remarkable Supply Operation in Human History

by Don Smith7/13/20237/13/2023
Painting of Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln in His Own Words: The 16th President’s Musings About ‘negro equality’

by Ross E. Heller7/11/20237/12/2023
An illustration depicting the Battle of Kings Mountain late in the afternoon of October 7, 1780 from the perspective of the Loyalist camp of Maj. Patrick Ferguson atop Kings Mountain. Scene depicts the moment when organized military resistance to the surrounding attacking Patriots, led by Col. William Campbell, collapses and leads to widespread chaos and panic of Fergusonís men as hundreds of Tories try to surrender to the Patriots who are advancing on all sides of the camp and filled with revenge are altogether too fired up to halt the slaughter. 2003 oil painting by artist Archil Pichkhadze originally commissioned by the National Park Service/Harpers Ferry Center for wayside exhibits at Kings Mountain National Military Park. artist Archil Pichkhadze

This British Officer Developed a Revolutionary Rifle Whose Worth He Was Never Able to Prove in Battle

by John Miles7/7/20235/3/2023
Drawing of a enthusiastic audience roaring its approval of a speech by Carl Schurz in New York City’s Cooper Union.

European Monarchs Crushed Rebellions in the Mid-1800s—and America Benefited

by Raanan Geberer7/4/20234/26/2024
Alerted to the Feb. 29, 1704, raid by shots and war whoops, residents of Deerfield prepare to hold out against some 250 French and Indian warriors.

This Force of French and Allied Warriors Snowshoed 300 Miles to Terrorize a Small Town in Massachusetts

by P.G. Smith6/30/20237/6/2023

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