RealClearHistory Week of June 29, 2026 Archives

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Monday, June 29

The Two Presidents Who Saved the Declaration

Janice Rogers Brown Coolidge Review

Congress Dedicates Time Capsule Ahead of America's 250th

Staff PBS

Why Americans Once Held Separate Fourth of July Celebrations

Tim Ott HISTORY

12 Americans Who Changed U.S. History Forever

Ryan Thomas LaBee Military.com

When the Slave Pens Came Down in Mississippi

Steven E. Hicks RealClearHistory

Liberty, War, and Sovereignty: The Declaration at 250

Robbie Totten IQ

Scots in the Revolution & the British Southern Pivot

Keli Holt Substack

Monmouth: The Longest Battle of the American Revolution

Eric Niderost WHN

How Enslaved People Built the Roman Empire

Emma Southon NatGeo

Why Did France's Massive Maginot Line Fail in 1940?

Mark Cartwright WHE

Just How Bad a King was Richard III?

Staff History Today

Presidential Rhetoric and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East

Elliott Drago JMC

Hawaii: Myth v. Historical Reality

Mark Pulliam Misrule of Law

Aurangzeb's Akhbarat: The Empire That Ran on News Reports

Soutik Biswas BBC

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, July 1

The Two Presidents Who Saved the Declaration

Janice Rogers Brown Coolidge Review

The Viking Word Hidden in the Declaration of Independence

Sophie Hardach BBC

She Disguised Herself as a Man for the Revolution

Natalia Galicza Deseret News

One Founder’s Attempt to Avert the Revolutionary War

Sarah Lyall NYT

The American Revolution Was Weirder Than You Think

Nicole Penn The Bulwark

The Britons Who Supported American Independence

Tom Cutterham Conversation

Was the Legendary Molly Pitcher a Real Person?

Erin Blakemore NatGeo

When Independence Hall Was Almost Demolished

Elizabeth Yuko HISTORY

George Washington’s Daring Gamble at Yorktown

David A. Norris WHN

Weapons of the American Revolution

Harrison W. Mark World History Encyclopedia

The Founders' Radical Beliefs Continue to Shape America

MoRocca CBS News

How a Publicity Stunt Became the Tour de France

Mathew Lyons History Today

The Biggest Upsets In World Cup Knockout-Stage History

Staff FOX Sports

The Forgotten Concrete Arrows of the American West

Staff Vocal Media

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, July 3

A History of America’s Milestones: Celebrating Independence

Ron Faucheux RCH

The Two Presidents Who Saved the Declaration

Janice Rogers Brown Coolidge Review

Secrets of Revolutionary War Battlefields Emerge

Andrea Margolis Fox News

15 Military Leaders of the American Revolution

Harrison W. Mark WHE

The Last Battle of the Revolution Was Fought In...India?

Ishaan Tharoor New Yorker

What if the American Revolution Had Failed?

Gavriel D. Rosenfeld RealClearHistory

The Declaration at 250

Various Authors Modern Age

John Adams Thinks Americans Celebrate the Wrong Day

Karen Tumulty WaPo

This Tiny Island Helped Win American Independence

R. Grant Gilmore Conversation

What Britain Taught Us

Daniel McCarthy The Spectator

250 Events That Shaped America

Staff HISTORY

The 13 Colonies' Most All-American Attractions

Mark Ellwood NY Post

Five Surprisingly True American History Facts

Grace Abels Politifact

Flashback 250: The Great American History Quiz

Emily Zauzmer NYT

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News