RealClearHistory Week of February 2, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 2

Ten Ways to Commemorate America’s 250th This Year

Laura Kiniry Smithsonian

The Revolutionary War that History Forgot

Alan Pell Crawford The Coolidge Review

The Story of a Red Army Airborne Assault

Victor Kamenir Warfare History Network

The First Italian-American Medal of Honor Recipient

Allen Frazier Military.com

What Franco’s Regime Can Teach Us About America

Rachelle Tollemar Conversation

Brexit: Britain’s Forever War

Helen Thompson History Today

10 Unforgettable Super Bowl Commercials

Zach Schonfeld HISTORY

Why Everything You Knew About the Samurai is Wrong

Neil Fisher The Sunday Times

Imbolc: The Celtic Festival That Rings in Spring

Rebecca Crowe NatGeo

Ball of the Burning Men: When Decadence Turned Deadly

Harrison W. Mark WHE

Ancient Jokes Etched in Clay

Molly Glick Nautilus

All You Ever Wanted to Know About Space

Ashley Fike VICE

How Well Do You Know U.S. History? Take This Quiz

Kim Kozlowski Bridge Michigan

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, February 4

The Revolutionary War that History Forgot

Alan Pell Crawford The Coolidge Review

Did the American Revolution Ever Really End?

Daniel McCarthy The Spectator

The Deadliest Battle in History Ended 83 Years Ago

Allen Frazier Military.com

Some Sixty Years On, Himmler’s Death Remains a Mystery

Charles Whiting WHN

Heads Will Roll: Murder and the Ottoman Succession

Gemma Masson History Today

12 of America's Most Influential Black Political Figures

Gerren Keith Gaynor TheGrio

Gaza to Become a Semi-Protectorate, Like Bosnia

Nidžara Ahmetašević Al Jazeera

The Power and Purpose of Black History Month

Josh Rodgers Ebony

6 of the Biggest Meltdowns in Sports History

Tim Ott HISTORY

Henry VIII's Lost Castle and the Ghost of the Devil's Post

Gill Sennett BBC News

Every Time You Open GPS, You Are Using A 2,000-Year-Old Idea

Staff News18

How Hieroglyphs Became a Sacred Script

Marina Escolano-Proveda NatGeo

America's Most Iconic Brands, from Main Street to Silicon Valley

Staff USA Today

250 Places to Visit to Celebrate America

Editorial Board Smithsonian

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, February 6

How the Anti-Federalists Shaped the Nation's Legacy

Bradford Wilson Deseret News

The Ugly Tank-Hunter That Helped Win the Battle of Hue

Allen Frazier Military.com

The Revolutionary War that History Forgot

Alan Pell Crawford The Coolidge Review

When 14 Black Soldiers Earned the Medal of Honor

William E. Welsh WHN

Victory or Death: Trenton, December 1776

Charlton Allen American Thinker

A History of the U.S. Military's Presence in Greenland

Jeff Schogol Task & Purpose

When Survival Hinges on Politics: The Shia Border

Ayaan Karan RealClearHistory

Was This French Cowboy the First Fascist?

Julian Jackson New Statesman

Ronald Reagan's Views on Faith and Democracy

Andrew Fowler RealClearReligion

Christianity’s Bloody History in Japan

Christopher Harding History Today

7 Olympic Venues You Can Still Visit

Ann Shields HISTORY

A Look Back at the Ancient Olympic Games

Mark Cartwright World History Encyclopedia

A Paleolithic Teenage Boy's Tragic Death

Sonja Anderson Smithsonian

14 Strange Newspaper Headlines From History

Hilary Mitchell History Extra

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News