RealClearHistory Week of July 14, 2025 Archives

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Monday, July 14

Every Rifle Marines Have Used in the Last 250 years

Matt White Task & Purpose

M163 Vulcan Air Defense System in Vietnam

Brandon J. Weichert National Interest

Historic World War II Ship Found in the Pacific Ocean

Nia Dumas NPR

3 Essential History Courses for Military Trainees

Donald M. Bishop RealClearHistory

German POWs Found Fresh Start in America After WWII

Peter Lucas Boston Herald

Alexander Hamilton: American Patriot

Miguel A. Faria RealClearHistory

Lincoln and the Truth of Democracy

Edith H. Jones The Coolidge Review

Operation Gold Rush: Largest Health Care Fraud Bust in U.S. History

Staff WaPo

History of Political Slogans Proves Words Aren't Enough

Chris Bruni-Lowe FT

Titanic Survivor Recounted the Horrifying Ordeal

Rishika Singh The Indian Express

The Simple Yet Graphic Details of the Bayeux Tapestry

Jonathan Jones The Guardian

Were Water-Powered Tools Used to Build Pyramids?

Hina Dinoo Sustainability Times

Ancient Tomb May Prove China had Kings Before Dynasties

Staff Times of India

Post-Nicene Council and the Militant Church

Jackson Greer Providence Mag

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, July 16

On the Hunt for IEDs in Iraq

J. Michael Comstock The War Horse

What Vietnam’s Scarred Land Says About Warfare

Amanda Lichtenstein SAPIENS

Locating the Real "Pickett's Charge"

Kevin M. Levin Civil War Memory

Missing Bow of WWII Cruiser Found After 83 years

Nicholas Slayton Task & Purpose

Wrong About King George III

William B. Allen The Coolidge Review

7 Mysteries to Explore in America’s National Parks

Mike Bezemek Smithsonian Mag

Why the Founders Fought for Separation of Church and State

John A. Ragosta Time

What We Can Learn From Ancient Troy’s Trash

Stephan Blum The Conversation

On Ancient Battlefields, Beloved Pets Became Weapons

James Osborne HistoryExtra

The Long Shadow of the First Crusade

Simon John Historytoday

How Did Doctors Operate Before Anesthesia?

Dave Roos HISTORY

In the Beginning: Medicare and Medicaid

Tom van der Voort Miller Center

How a Once Enslaved Family Bought Jefferson Davis’ Plantation

Neely Tucker LOC

How Prohibition Indirectly Led to Women’s Empowerment

Isabel Ravenna NatGeo

The Woman Who Changed Our View of Chimps - And Humans

Myles Burke BBC

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, July 18

Only 1% of WWII Vets Are Still Alive. Two Are Neighbors

Keith BieryGolick WCPO 9

No Sympathy for the Devil

John J. Waters RealClearHistory

Stonewall Jackson's Victorious Defeat

Lawrence Weber Warfare History Network

The Continental Army's Beeline March

Eliza McGraw Smithsonian Mag

When The US Bombed a Japanese City 12 Hours Before WWII Ended

Staff NDTV

The Battle That Reshaped the Course of English History

Staff BBC News

How Inflation Nearly Undermined the American Revolution

Staff Schiffgold

Found: A Lost George Washington Battlefield

Jennifer Schuessler The New York Times

Riveting Untold Story of the Shooting of Donald Trump

Paul Kengor Spectator

A Risqué Mosaic Returns Home Decades After Theft

Brian Boucher Art Net News

Wrong About King George III

William B. Allen The Coolidge Review

An American History of Fluoride

John F. Harnes History Rinse & Repeat

Gods at the Margins: How European Paganism Survived

Francis Young Historytoday

4,000-Year-Old Peruvian Citadel Opens Its Doors

Carlos Mandujano Phys.org

Blowing Out Birthday Candles is Surprisingly Ancient

Chiamaka Muoneke NatGeo

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News