RealClearHistory Week of March 16, 2026 Archives

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Monday, March 16

St Patrick’s Day Protests

Melissa Baird History Today

Why St. Patrick Was Never Actually Canonized

Jordan Smith HISTORY

5 Common St. Patrick's Day Myths, Debunked

Logan DeLoye Mental Floss

Boston Massacre: When the First Blood Was Drawn

Keli Holt Just Enough History

The Female Who Served in Disguise During the Civil War

Derricke Dennis Military

Indian Rebellion of 1857: Two Years of Massacre and Reprisal

John Brown WHN

How Rome's Commoners Won Their Rights by Fleeing

Harrison W. Mark WHE

Secret Letters of Washington From Revolutionary Era for Sale

Jeanne Erickson NYP

Great-Granddaughter of Khrushchev Was a 'Foreign Agent'

Mark Trevelyan Reuters

Is There Anything New to Learn About General Patton?

Claire Barrett Military Times

How Black Americans Liberated Themselves

Marcus M. Witcher The Coolidge Review

Langston Golf Course and Black History

Juan Benn Jr. Washington Post

Why Friday the 13th Was Bad Luck for Knights Templar

Patrick Masters Conversation

Did These Small Mistakes Doom Amelia Earhart?

Rachel Hartigan NatGeo

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, March 18

St. Patrick’s Day 1916: A Turning Point in Irish History

Bella Bromberg NatGeo

Saint Patrick’s Day and the Mystery of the Second Patrick

Chris Doyle Conversation

The Strait of Hormuz: A Timeline of Tensions

Dave Roos HISTORY

How Codes Have Helped Track Elusive Criminals

Jasmine Guama Aspects of History

A Timeline of the Tensions Between Iran and the U.S.

Neil MacFarquhar NYT

A Soldier Finally Returns Home. His Brother's Still Missing

Allen Frazier Military.com

What Do Field Manuals Say About Old-Time Military Thinking?

Peter Suciu WHN

How Black Americans Liberated Themselves

Marcus M. Witcher The Coolidge Review

Romans Knew the Power of Propaganda – Here's Proof

Serafina Kenny HistoryExtra

What Was it Like to Be a Servant on the Grand Tour?

Richard Ansell History Today

The Lost Greek Monastery: A Century Long Search

Irshad Abbasi Vocal Media

Objects That Tell America's Story, From Stamps to Diamonds

Staff WBUR

History Polarizes Generations, But it Has Potential to Unite

Hannah Robbins Hub

Can You Pass This 11th-Grade AP US History Test?

Dave Stopera BuzzFeed

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, March 20

A Veteran Remembers Operation Iraqi Freedom

Ryan McDermott RealClearHistory

How the Occupation of Boston Shaped our Character

Lindsay M. Chervinsky Bulwark

A Journal Reveals Life Inside the Siege of Boston

Andrew O'Shaughnessy WaPo

1970s Oil Crisis: 8 Ways Americans Felt the Pinch

Jesse Greenspan HISTORY

The Shocking Kidnap of a Teenage Newspaper Heiress

Greg McKevitt BBC

How Black Americans Liberated Themselves

Marcus M. Witcher The Coolidge Review

How a Quaker Woman Helped Save the Revolution

Laura Kiniry Smithsonian

Why Some Still Believe Aliens Shaped Ancient Civilizations

Staff The Conversation

How Britain Profited From Slavery Long After Abolition

Tiago Rogero Guardian

What Made the Zulu Kingdom so Dominant in Africa?

Mark Cartwright WHE

This Village is Fighting to Keep Christ’s Language Alive

Ryan Biller NatGeo

Hadrian’s Wall: Strategic Masterpiece or Monumental Folly?

Oliver Webb-Carter AoH

'Spinning Bees' and American Independence

Marta Olmos History Today

Archaeologists Discover the World’s Oldest Wine

Irshad Abbasi Vocal Media

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News