RealClearHistory Week of May 26, 2025 Archives

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Monday, May 26

This Memorial Day, Americans Honor the Ones They've Lost

Suzanne Nuyen NPR

A Brief History of Memorial Day in the USA

Peter Caddick-Adams HistoryExtra

The Risks Of Memorial Day Not Being Personal

Scott Cooper War on the Rocks

Memorial Day's Civil War Origins and Evolution

Ben Finley Southeast Missourian

Marking Memorial Day with Movies

Jack Fowler Philanthropydaily

From Decoration Day to Memorial Day

Neely Tucker The Library of Congress

Why Are So Many Flags Red, White and Blue?

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

250-Mile Ruck March: Marching Through Army History

Eric Flanagan U.S. Army

The Most Dramatic Battle of the Civil War

Bruce Catton AMERICAN HERITAGE

Military Intelligence: Civil War Provost Guard

John Wenner Warfare History Network

Expedition Captures First Images WWI Sub Wreck

Nicholas Slayton Task & Purpose

Recalling the Brazen Prison Escape by the ‘Texas Seven’

Andrew Jeong WaPo

Umberto Nobile: The Fall of a Fascist Explorer

Irene Peroni Historytoday

The Hidden History of Names

Molly Glick Nautilus

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, May 28

The Lost Story of Revolutionary War POWs

Edwin G. Burrows AMERICAN HERITAGE

The Admiral Behind the Dunkirk Evacuation

Joshua Askew BBC News

War Dogs: How WWI Led to the Military Working Dog Program

Katie Lange DoD

4 Coming Home after WWII Crash Left them 'Unrecoverable'

Michael Hill AP

Bloody Sunday: 1905

Mark Cartwright World History Encyclopedia

The Curious (Dangerous) World of Military Museums

Jasper Craven Mother Jones

The Battle of St Albans, 1455

Anthony Pollard Historytoday

12 Facts About the Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor

Staff HistoryExtra

Duke and Duchess of Windsor: Nazi Spies?

Peter Kross Warfare History Network

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams: Frenemies

Jennifer Schuessler NYT

Solving the Princes in the Tower Mystery

Jack Blackburn The Times

The Origin of Emergency Medical Care

Lillian Ali Smithsonianmag

14 Significant Archaeological Sites in the US

Jenny McGrath Business Insider

Ancient History of our Modern Obsession: Sports

Konstantine Panegyres Conversation

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, May 30

'The Old Regular Army' of World War II

Gene Smith AMERICAN HERITAGE

How a Boy and Deserter Helped Blow up German WWII HQ

Chris Stone BBC News

Lee’s October ’63 Move on Meade

Robert Suhr Warfare History Network

Marine Air’s Dark Day at Midway

Peter F. Owen USNI

17 Historic Flags from the American Revolution

Sonja Anderson Smithsonian Mag

The First Men to Survive the 'Death Zone' and Conquer Everest

Myles Burke BBC

Looking Back on Mao’s Great Leap Forward

Frank Dikötter Historytoday

This Man Sold Liquor to Politicians During Prohibition

Omari Daniels WaPo

Why Aren't These 74 Names on the Vietnam Memorial?

Matt White Task & Purpose

What Saint Augustine Can Teach us About Pope Leo XIV

Catherine Conybeare Time

The Mysterious Contents of the Voynich Manuscript

Dave Roos HISTORY

The People Ancient Romans & Greeks Tried to Hide

James Osborne HistoryExtra

The Surprising Ancient History of Cheesecake

Michael Leventhal The Jewish Chronicle

How Ceremony Shapes Sovereignty

Manousha Dhiwaghar Providence Mag

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News