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Duncan MacFarlane was carrying the bible in his breast pocket when he was shot during WW1. Read More

April 15 once meant lively gatherings at post offices across the country as people filed their annual tax returns. Read More

Every American soldier who jumped into North Africa, Europe, the Philippines and other combat zones around the globe during WWII had to first... Read More

Glenn Fisher was wounded in combat in 1945, but eight decades later, he's still waiting for his Purple Heart. Read More

The history of warfare has typically been depicted as the result of the combined efforts of accomplished generals and well-thought-out... Read More

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Rumours about the sexual proclivities of King William III began to spread as soon as he took the English throne. What went on behind the... Read More

Two cryptic sentences in the March 1944 Trinity College Alumni News read, “Jack Follansbee, USN, attended the New York Alumni dinner in... Read More

A new book by historian Emily Sneff records the journeys of the Declaration’s first printed copies, tracking their reception in the... Read More

The practice began in 1920s Western variety shows and spread to city speakeasies, but it faces increased scrutiny today—and pressure... Read More

How Hegemonic Democracies Decline and Fall Read More

This example demonstrates that local independence may have been possible within the empire. Read More

Feared as savage invaders, the Huns posed a serious threat to Rome – but their goal wasn’t conquest, or Roman annihilation Read More

How Jonas Salk Persuaded the Public to Trust His Polio Vaccine Trial: TIME revisits 100 years of making history Read More

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

Gangsters, banksters, and politicians. Today on the show, how the hunt for Al Capone helped turn the IRS into one of the U.S. government's... Read More

Join Greg and his guests in nineteenth-century China to learn about Empress Dowager Cixi. Read More

Discover the American Revolution's global history with Rick Bell, from Spain's Florida campaign to Australia's founding. Read More

In 1942, the French artist featured in New York's first major surrealist exhibition Read More

Lucy Worsley’s PBS series highlights the emotional fallout of the conflict, with a focus on the British perspective Read More

A magisterial history of one of the worst ever pandemics focuses on the individuals caught up in the chaos Read More

Is the U.S. Constitution Doomed to Fail? Read More

Wetzel’s "American Crusade: Christianity, Warfare, and National Identity, 1860–1920" is aimed at the scholarly reader and... Read More

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These Masters collapses prove no lead is safe at Augusta National Read More

The Masters green jacket is one of the most coveted items in all of sports. But it's not easy for just anyone to get their hands on. Read More

Just Enough History of America series Read More

Taverns, public houses and inns served as meeting places before the war and unofficial headquarters during it. Some still... Read More

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Taxes, for instance, have been changing and staying the same ever since Ronald Reagan... Read More

From Ottoman Sultans to Danish kings, Iran’s toll system for Strait of Hormuz revives an old maritime fight Read More

With the US riven by civil war, Napoleon III seized the opportunity to install an emperor in Mexico. Maximilian’s new regime soon fell... Read More

The highly reliable Browning Automatic Rifle filled the need of U.S. infantry for a mobile light machine gun from World War I through the... Read More

Medical texts from ancient Mesopotamia provide prescriptions and practices for curing all manner of ailments, wounds, and diseases. There was... Read More

The very first barbie doll Read More

An 18-million-year-old jawbone discovered in Egypt challenges the long-held view that East Africa was the cradle of our modern ape ancestors. Read More

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