RealClearHistory Week of November 24, 2025 Archives

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Monday, November 24

How WWII's 'Tropic Lightning' Division Earned its Name

Allen Frazier Military.com

During the WWI, This Trench Runner Took Initiative

Jon Guttman Military Times

The Invention That Changed Sniper Warfare Forever

Chris Lange 24/7 Wall St.

A President’s Thanksgiving Call to Gratitude and Grace

Editors The Coolidge Review

Why Did FDR Change the Date of Thanksgiving?

Tim Ott HISTORY

How a Crazy Duel Turned Jim Bowie Into an American Legend

Joshua J. Mark WHE

The German SS at Rzhev: Loyal to Their Deaths

Ludwig Heinrich Dyck WHN

8 Political Sex Scandals That Swept the Nation

Roxanne Roberts WaPo

The Decembrists: Russia’s First Revolution

Susanna Rabow-Edling History Today

Did Parents Team Up with the FBI in the 1960s?

Aaron G. Fountain Jr. Smithsonian

Ultra-Rare Enigma M4 WWII Cipher Machine on Auction

Staff Malay Mail

Are We in an Era of Ambivalence Toward the Holocaust?

Mark Tooley Providence

The Oldest Known City Map is Startlingly Precise

Jessica Camille Aguirre NatGeo

Archaeological Find Contradicts the Timeline of Humanity

Somaiyah Hafeez DE

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, November 26

A President’s Thanksgiving Call to Gratitude and Grace

Editors The Coolidge Review

The History of the White House Turkey Pardon

Emily Burack Town & Country

What Tribe Was *Actually* at the First Thanksgiving?

Margie Cullen Cape Cod Times

Thanksgiving: America's Original Beer Bash

J. Mark Powell The News-Gazette

Was the Turkey Almost a U.S. Symbol?

Karissa Waddick USA Today

Why Thanksgiving Falls When it Does

Chris Pugh Cleveland.com

How the Pilgrims Took Over Thanksgiving – And Who Was Erased

Staff PBS

Friendsgiving 101: How to Celebrate the Made-Up Holiday

Rachel Treisman NPR

Top 10 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Mishaps

Ryan Thomas LaBee Military.com

Test Your Thanksgiving IQ With These Trivia Questions

Sarah Lemire TODAY

The Marine Who Absorbed a Grenade to Save His Men

Jon Guttman Military Times

Auschwitz Launches Virtual Film Set, Sparking Debate

Matt Lebovic Times of Israel

Henry VIII’s Lost Ship Was Recovered, Packed With Treasures

Tim Brinkhof Art Net

700-Year Error Likely Distorted the Black Death's Origins

Arezki Amiri Daily Galaxy

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, November 28

A President’s Thanksgiving Call to Gratitude and Grace

Editors The Coolidge Review

The History of the White House Turkey Pardon

Emily Burack Town & Country

Was the Turkey Almost a U.S. Symbol?

Karissa Waddick USA Today

The Weirdest Thanksgiving Weather Events In US History

Staff The Weather Channel

How to Celebrate America This Thanksgiving Season

Staff Heritage

Top 10 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Mishaps

Ryan Thomas LaBee Military.com

The Marine Who Absorbed a Grenade to Save His Men

Jon Guttman Military Times

The 800-Year-Old Tool of Destruction: Mortars

William McPeak WHN

Three Decades On, Bosnia Still Struggles With Division

Amel Emric Reuters

The Enslaved Man Who Popularised Mac and Cheese

Lynn Brown BBC

How the Cabbage Patch Kids Caused a Near-Riot in the 1980s

Greg McKevitt BBC

How a Doomed Bridge Became an Unlikely Reef

Jordan Friedman NatGeo

What Even *Were* the Crusades? Holy Wars Explained

James Osborne HistoryExtra

Tibet: History Across the Himalayas

Robert Barnett History Today

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News