RealClearHistory Week of June 8, 2026 Archives

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Monday, June 8

"I Was Proud of Myself": A D-Day Veteran Tells His Story

Max Hofmann DW

This D-Day Division Was Nearly Disbanded – It Became Great

Allen Frazier Military

The Last of the D-Day Veterans

Kevin Maurer The Atlantic

24 Hours in Normandy – The Longest Day Unearthed

Amy Irvine History Hit

A D-Day Model of Leadership From Eisenhower

James H. McGee National Review

“It Was Not War, It Was Murder” – The Battle of Cold Harbor

Francis P. Sempa RCH

Revisiting The Importance of the Battle of Midway

BJ Armstrong War on the Rocks

The Polish Army’s Heroic Stand at Falaise

Alan Davidge Warfare History Network

The Declaration Wasn’t All Jefferson

J. French Hill The Coolidge Review

The Undoing of Benedict Arnold and Monmouth Courthouse

Keli Holt Substack

George Washington's Beer Recipe, Available Now

Christian Thorsberg Smithsonian

How Did Knickerbockers Become a Symbol of New York?

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

The Hunt for Christianity's Gnostic Gospels

Candida Moss NatGeo

A Woman’s Right to Vote, Inspired by Mothers

Lucia Graves Smithsonian

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, June 10

When America's Richest City Was in Mississippi

Steven E. Hicks RealClearHistory

Teddy Roosevelt's Crazy Assassination Survival

Ellen Wexler Smithsonian

Why Guadalcanal Was WWII’s Turning Point in the Pacific

David Kindy HISTORY

The Declaration Wasn’t All Jefferson

J. French Hill The Coolidge Review

Did an English Nobleman Mastermind the Revolution?

Adam Gopnik New Yorker

Forty-Rod, Blue Ruin & Oh Be Joyful: Civil War Alcohol Abuse

David A. Norris WHN

The Road Back to Boston in the Revolutionary War

Emma Lansdown AoH

10 Goofy, Angry, Glorious Moments in World Cup History

Hayden Madson Yahoo

How SPAM Became a Global Lifeline During WWII

Steve Pabst Substack

A Real Tower of Babel? This is the Leading Contender

Erin Blakemore NatGeo

The Indispensable Virtues of Gen. Washington

Joseph Prud'homme Philanthropy Daily

2.5 Million Fled the Dust Bowl — And Met Discrimination

Genevieve Carlton ATI

Three Historic Hobbies at Risk of Disappearing

Alexandra Makin The Conversation

10 Famous Aesop's Fables and Their Lessons

Simeon Netchev WHE

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Kruger’s Korps: A Review

Tony Daniel IM—1776

Friday, June 12

Celebrate July 4th, But Don’t Forget June 12th

William J. Watkins Jr. WaPo

Take a Look Inside Washington's Revolutionary War HQ

James LaForge BI

What Colonial Americans Wore in 1776

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

WWI Soldier's Postcard Helps Unite Family After a Century

Sam McNeil Military.com

How a ‘Forgotten World War’ Helped Forge America

Jim Geraghty WaPo

John Brown’s Bloody Abolitionist Crusade

Eric Niderost Warfare History Network

The President America Never Got

Jacob Lane RealClearHistory

The Declaration Wasn’t All Jefferson

J. French Hill The Coolidge Review

When the English and Nazi German Football Teams Met

Oliver Price History Today

How Muckrakers Redefined Modern Journalism

Jon Grinspan Smithsonian

History's 12 Greatest Empire Builders

Simeon Netchev World History Encyclopedia

Egypt Unveils a Striking Trove of Ancient Artifacts

Samy Magdy AP

These Fortune 500 Companies Have Survived 200 Years

Preston Fore Fortune

Opinion: A Guide to Heritage Sites

Brenda M. Hafera RealClearHistory

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News