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“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” -Abraham Lincoln When... Read More

Decades before the United States, France outlawed slavery during the French Revolution – only to see it reimposed by Napoleon within a... Read More

The artwork in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, shows Judge arriving in the city after her journey from Philadelphia in May 1796. She remained a... Read More

The forgotten balance at the heart of the American Revolution Read More

The citizens of Philadelphia, over 20,000 strong despite over half that number having already absconded dragging wagons and horse carts piled... Read More

In April 1865, the Army of Northern Virginia tried to escape U.S. Grant’s Federal armies, but found itself trapped at Appomattox Court... Read More

Skin art was relatively rare among Americans until servicemembers started getting inked after Pearl Harbor. Read More

The sons of two NI sailors celebrate success of eight-year campaign to memorialise Navy crew attacked and captured in China 77 years ago. Read More

Granddaughter traveled to France to honor her grandfather who she never met because he was killed during World War II. Read More

Route 66 is not the oldest, longest or most well-travelled long-distance highway in the U.S. So why is it the most famous? Read More

At the end of the Cold War, Russia and the West seemed set on a path towards cooperation. Why did it veer into renewed animosity? Read More

Warsaw’s sewer system, one of the first in Europe, began operating 140 years ago. Built by British engineers, the sewers survived the... Read More

On May 10, 1940, Britain’s King George VI summoned Winston Churchill to Buckingham Palace to form a government. The immediate impetus... Read More

Medieval Europe’s Muslim societies helped transform science, medicine, music, fashion and dining. In Al-Andalus, centuries of cultural... Read More

Long seen primarily as a sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe is now viewed as an early advocate for women in Hollywood. On the 100th anniversary of... Read More

The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal turning point in the Civil War. Should the Union capture the stronghold, the South's hold on the... Read More

Gas. Meat. Flights. Houses. The cost of living is up. Inflation is rearing its head again. And as it rises higher, inflation risks... Read More

What funamentally is the dollar, and who controls it? Read More

Ron Page's son is on a podcast about his father's experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese. Read More

A new movie starring Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser dramatizes the tense 72 hours before the Allied invasion of Normandy, revealing how... Read More

By organizing weekly gatherings of political leaders and citizens, she proved democracy works best when rivals see one another as human... Read More

The Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker on his new 20-part docuseries, the legacy of 'Saving Private Ryan,' and his vision for America on its... Read More

In National Treasure, Michael Auslin makes the case that the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence remains our best rallying cry for... Read More

Getting ready for America 250? Here are some US history facts most people get wrong Read More

Forensic scientists say the Pentagon could use DNA to help identify missing service members faster. Read More

Martha Mitchell was a flamboyant Washington socialite whose husband was embroiled in the Watergate scandal. Her shocking claims of a "dirty... Read More

Outbreaks during World War II and the Korean War were likely linked to activities like digging trenches. Read More

By cracking the enigma codes, the work of British code breakers at Bletchley Park foiled the German U-boat threat. Read More

‍Even Calvin Coolidge made mistakes. He made two after being elected president in his own right in 1924. Both mistakes related—one... Read More

It’s where the British perfected their system of enslaved labor, George Washington visited and colonialism’s legacy can still... Read More

Nearly 500 years ago, a Moroccan man walked thousands of miles from Florida to the Pacific Coast, becoming the first known outsider to see... Read More

How the BFI saved and restored a remarkable film by cutting-edge Australian cinematographer Frank Hurley, captured from rigging and ice... Read More

Without intervention, the important surviving physical evidence and the opportunity for commemoration will be lost. Read More

On 31 May 1786 Paris relished the humiliation of Marie Antoinette as the Affaire du collier de la reine concluded in court. Read More

The chariot was used in Chinese warfare from around 1250 BCE but enjoyed its heyday between the 8th and 5th century BCE... Read More

The destruction of Pompeii is one of antiquity’s most famous disasters, but its exact date remains fiercely debated. From pomegranates... Read More

Every continent (other than Antarctica) has been home to ancient civilizations. How well do you know our ancient, global past? Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More