RealClearHistory Week of April 28, 2025 Archives

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Monday, April 28

Pope Francis' Final Resting Place is Breaking Tradition

Owen Matthews NatGeo

Curbing the Power of the Popes

Jessica Wärnberg Historytoday

The Outrageous Legend of History’s Only Female Pope

Jonny Wilkes HistoryExtra

Why Is a Pope’s Signet Ring Smashed After His Death?

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

On the Hinge of History

Michael Auslin Law & Liberty

Conquering the Queen City in the Civil War

Pedro Garcia Warfare History Network

Who Fired the Shot that Started the American Revolution?

David Kindy WaPo

The Destruction of Germany's 6th Army

Mark Cartwright World History Encyclopedia

JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Staff Miller Center

An Ancient Example of Artificial Intelligence

Sofia Giannuzzi Smithsonian Mag

The Ancient History of Iceland's Warring Viking Families

Staff BBC

An Alternate Ending to Romeo and Juliet

Patrick Hastings The Library of Congress

How Foreign Aid Can Benefit Both the U.S. and the World

Thomas J. Knock Time

Celebrate America's 250th in D.C.

Michael Auslin THE PATOWMACK PACKET

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, April 30

50 Years On, Vietnam Battlefields Draw Veterans

David Rising & Hau Dinh AP News

Veterans Reunite 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon

Jennifer Brookland The War Horse

Opinion: Capitalism Won the Vietnam War

Andy Kessler WSJ

Soldier Manipulated the Blitz to Become a Serial Killer

James Osborne HistoryExtra

How Ulysses S. Grant Became a Star

Pedro Garcia Warfare History Network

Washington in the French and Indian War

Harrison W. Mark World History Encyclopedia

The Blackout that Nearly Broke New York

Christabel Lobo NatGeo

Slaying Myths: England and St. George

Marc Morris Historytoday

Why Girls Wear Pink and Boys Wear Blue

Jeanne Maglaty Smithsonian Mag

Orwell Knew What Made Shakespeare Great

Michael Lucchese Providence Mag

The World’s First Museum was Curated by a Princess

Louise Pryke The Conversation

Historical Facts that Still Puzzle Archaeologists Today

Christian Wiedeck MSN

Who Are the Real “Realists”?

James Diddams Law & Liberty

9 People Who Vanished Without a Trace

Dave Roos HISTORY

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, May 2

A Memorable Marine Mascot, Soochow the Dog

Eric Niderost Warfare History Network

Treasures Found on Sunken WWII Aircraft Carrier

Michael E. Ruane WaPo

How We Oversimplified the History of the Vietnam War

Andrew Bellisari Time

1933: The Death of German Democracy

Frank McDonough Historytoday

Effects of the Hundred Years' War

Mark Cartwright World History Encyclopedia

How a Fight Over Gunpowder Spurred the American Revolution

Luke Lukert WTOP

Who’s a Carthaginian? DNA Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Nemesis

Franz Lidz NYT

Bites on Gladiator Bones Prove Evidence of Combat with Lion

Alex Moss BBC News

How the Biggest Flood Ever Created the Mediterranean

Neel Dhanesha NatGeo

Napoleon's Sword from 1802 to be Sold at Auction in Paris

Staff CBS News

Antisemitism: The Modern Forces Fueling an Ancient Scourge

David Swindle RCI

The Many Myths of Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Elizabeth Djinis Smithsonian Mag

What’s Behind Secret Flower Deliveries on May Day?

Editors HISTORY

The History Behind May Day Celebrations

Helen Carr HistoryExtra

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News