HISTORY
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How Mutiny Aboard the USS Somers Helped Birth the US Naval Academy
When Navy Cmdr. Alexander Slidell Mackenzie and the crew of the brig-of-war Somers pulled into Brooklyn Harbor in December 1842,…
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‘Proud To Be An American’: An Interview with Ann-Margret
Award-winning actress and singer Ann-Margret is known for her commitment to entertaining U.S. troops during the Vietnam War. In 1966,…
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Inside the Infamous Porn Obsession of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Protégé
As Nazis infamously looted art, jewelry and other valuables from the many cities and towns of Europe during the Second…
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Yellowstone, a Crown Jewel of Nature
.image-13795303 { max-height: 100%; –left: 51.96%; –top: 86.98%; } Yellowstone National Park. More than 4 million people a year visit…
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These Dr. Seuss Cartoons Were Not Meant for Children
He was not yet the iconic children’s book author we all know and love—he wouldn’t become that until after The…
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At Auschwitz, Jews Composed Music in Secret. Now Their Works Are Being Performed in London.
After more than 80 years and many different lives away, the reverberations of the heartbreaking melody, “Futile Regrets” was heard…
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WACs and WASPs and Jackie Cochran
Jacqueline Cochran waited impatiently in her New York City apartment while a group of men in Canada debated her fate.…
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New Trailer Arrives for Spielberg-Hanks Series ‘Masters of the Air’
The first feature-length trailer for the much anticipated World War II series “Masters of the Air” has officially arrived. The…
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Civil War–Era Envelopes Bore Patriotic Messages — On the Outside
A massive amount of correspondence passed between Union armies and the home front. Chaplain Richard Eddy of the 60th New…
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Hoover Dam Damned This Nevada Ghost Town
Is it hyperbolic to compare the ghost town of St. Thomas, Nev., to a phoenix rising from the ashes? Perhaps.…
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