RealClearHistory Week of February 16, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 16

Commemorate Presidents’ Day With 15 Images

Tracy Scott Forson Smithsonian

George Washington: The Indispensable Man

Charlton Allen RealClearHistory

10 Surprising Facts About Presidents' Day

Tiago Ventura Time

What to Know About Presidents Day

Seth Jacobson Providence Journal

Why Some States Don’t Observe Presidents’ Day in February

Jordan Smith HISTORY

Edwin Stanton: From Secretary to First in Command

Paul A. Thomsen WHN

America's 250th Birthday Has Become a Test for the Nation

Julian E. Zelizer FP

The Forgotten Architect of the Great Society

Amity Shlaes The Coolidge Review

Henry Hubbard Pierce: Soldier, Educator, Explorer

Donald M. Bishop Trinity Tripod

Vets Forge Friendship 82 Years After Battle

Kevin Damask Military.com

7 Mishaps and Heartbreaks in US Winter Olympic History

Dave Roos HISTORY

Why did FDR’s Latin American Experiment Fail?

James Osborne History Extra

The Indigenous People Who Discovered Columbus

Claudia Rogers History Today

This Civilization Could be Older Than the Egyptian Pharaohs

Staff Times of India

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, February 18

How Jesse Jackson Helped Changed America

Anthony Zurcher & Sam Woodhouse BBC

How the Crossing of the Delaware Foretold a Changing World

David Schechter CBS

George Washington and the Siege of Boston

Michael Casey AP

The Origins of ‘Yankee Doodle’ Are Shrouded in Mystery

Laura Kiniry Smithsonian

The Black Frontiersman Who Blazed Trails in the West

James Edward Mills HISTORY

The Tragic Story of the USS Tang

Flint Whitlock Warfare History Network

When Captives Don't Want to Return Home

Ryan Bridley RealClearHistory

The Forgotten Architect of the Great Society

Amity Shlaes The Coolidge Review

The Year of the Fire Horse, For the First Time in 60 Years

Ronan O'Connell NatGeo

Did Half the Runners Die at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics?

Anne Allred KSDK

Portugal: The First Global Empire

Roger Crowley History Today

The Place of Anarchists in the History of Crime

Katrina Gulliver Insomnia Quarterly

Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome

Harrison W. Mark World History Encyclopedia

Trojan Wales: The Medieval Afterlife of an Ancient Myth

Helen Fulton History Today

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, February 20

The Biggest Royal Scandals in British History

Jill Lawless The Independent

The Past of Prince Andrew

Jill Lawless AP News

From Island to Ice: The Origins of Olympic Curling Stones

Staff Reuters

The Smallest State Played a Big Role in Independence

Carlos Muñoz Boston Globe

A Secret Weapon of the Allies'

April White Smithsonian

‘Uncommon Valor’: Heroics of the Battle of Iwo Jima

Brandon Wile Military.com

The Father of American Military Intelligence

Peter Kross Warfare History Network

London’s Most Notorious Thief Was Also the People's Hero

Mauro Cotone NatGeo

The Forgotten Architect of the Great Society

Amity Shlaes The Coolidge Review

The MLB’s Historic Imbalance Problem

Paul Moreno RealClearHistory

5 Weird Suits of Armour From History

Grace Waye-Harris The Conversation

What Is the Chinese Zodiac?

Elizabeth Yuko HISTORY

Possible Proof Found of Hannibal’s Elephant Army

Franz Lidz NYT

The Contested Legacy of the Conquistadors

Fernando Cervantes History Today

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News