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Teen sailor Royle Luker's WWII story shocks family as he's finally laid to rest 85 years after Pearl Harbor. What secrets did his remains... Read More

As we celebrate our 250th anniversary, shouldn’t we listen to our founding president? Read More

Most Philadelphians don’t feel that the revolutionary battles outweigh what happened inside the walls of Independence Hall. Read More

No other French encampment from the Revolutionary War has been thoroughly documented in Virginia. Read More

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

A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide. Read More

One region of America is never fully allowed to move on from its past. America rightly examines difficult chapters of its history. Every... Read More

Chess spread quickly through feudal Europe, far from its roots in sixth-century India. Here’s how the game of strategy kept the elite... Read More

Dogged by rumours of stolen thrones and treachery, the Capetians were nonetheless one of the most successful dynasties of the medieval... Read More

Multiple landmarks recognize the work and lives of the nation’s first ladies. Read More

Movies of a military persuasion span civilization from early Egyptians to Vietnam. Join us for a ramble through military heritage, Hollywood... Read More

New York City played a pivotal role in the American Revolution. This museum brings the city's 18th-century history to life through artifacts,... Read More

The Bolshevik Revolution occurred on 7 November 1917 (old calendar 25 October) and established a new republic: Soviet Russia. The Bolsheviks... Read More

Imagine arriving at a frontier untouched by human hands – a vast, volcanic landscape where the future is a blank page waiting to be... 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

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