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Hidden Monument Honors Redeemed Gettysburg Colonel
Tracking down obscure monuments is a popular activity for those who enjoy tramping Gettysburg’s fields. One of the least visited in...
Montgomery Ward’s First Catalog – Chicago History Museum
August 18 is National Mail Order Catalog Day. This year, the Chicago History Museum is celebrating the 150th anniversary of...
How Did Astronauts Learn to Fly the Space Shuttle? They Flew This.
The space shuttle was truly groundbreaking. When the design was first unveiled in the 1970s, people were used to the...
Party Like it’s 1862: The Black Hat Brigade’s Raucous Party Along the Rappahannock
Thunderous artillery fire echoed off the hills of the Rappahannock River valley. The early morning blasts delivered by 36 cannons...
Hallowed Ground: Americans vs. Germans at Blanc Mont Ridge
The U.S. 2nd Infantry Division’s capture of heavily defended German positions on France’s Blanc Mont Ridge on Oct. 3–10, 1918,...
World War I Germany Had an Official Hate Song. Brits Made It a Joke.
The pen is mightier than the sword — or at least that’s what German officials during World War I were...
Salman Rushdie: Life and Facts
Though he was acclaimed for his elegant prose, the Indian-born, prize-winning British-American novelist is best known for having to go...
How Did This Famous Pilot End Up in an Apple Orchard?
In May 1926, a 23-year-old newspaper reporter named John K. Ottley tried to put Atlanta, Georgia, on the aviation map...
Beefing Up the Huey | HistoryNet
As early as 1962, American helicopter crews providing fast troop transport for the Army of the Republic of Vietnam discovered...
Book Review: ‘Hollywood Victory’ by Christian Blauvelt
hollywood victory The Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War II By Christian Blauvelt. 228 pp. Running Press, 2021, $30....
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