RealClearHistory Week of July 27, 2026 Archives

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Monday, July 27

Why Do Americans Preserve Their Battlefields?

Alex Hibbs The Dispatch

Peach Orchard Bloodbath: Day 2 of the Battle of Gettysburg

Mike Phifer WHN

The Importance of the Invasion of Sicily

Steven T. Barry War on the Rocks

Washington, the Fall of Charleston & the Battle of the Waxhaws

Keli Holt Substack

How Mail-Order Brides Helped Settle the American West

Greg Daugherty HISTORY

The Homestead Act: Settling the American West

Harrison W. Mark WHE

Ancient Humans Spoke 100s More Languages Than We Do

Sarah Kuta Smithsonian

Our Solar System Has Always Fascinated Humans

Julie Stoner LOC

The Great Depression’s Hidden Economic Miracle

Alexander J. Field Coolidge Review

Unearthed Camp Sheds Light on Ancient Campaigns

Ramsey Hardin Ancient Origins

How the Roman Empire Lost its Gods

Paula Fredriksen History Today

One Thing Hollywood Gets Right About Ancient Rome

Harry Sidebottom NatGeo

UNESCO Adds D-Day Beaches to World Heritage List

Staff France24

Most Adults Can't Pass This U.S. History Test — Can You?

Liz Richardson BuzzFeed

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, July 29

How a Farm Fence Broke Pickett's Charge

John Pabst Substack

Veterans Remember the Disaster at Dunkirk

Mason B. Webb WHN

Doolittle Raid: The First Audacious U.S. Strike on Tokyo

Mark Cartwright WHE

Who Gets to Have Their Face on U.S. Money?

Joseph Connor American Heritage

The Great Depression’s Hidden Economic Miracle

Alexander J. Field Coolidge Review

How Refrigerators Reshaped Military Logistics

Caitlan Fealing War on the Rocks

How Route 66 Played a Critical Role During World War II

Tim Ott HISTORY

The Medieval Prime Minister Who Ruled Up North

Stephanie Brown Conversation

The Ancient Nigerian Sculptures That Rewrote African History

Carlos Micó NatGeo

Is America Trying to Make Crusading Great Again?

George Garnett History Today

The Shoshone Are Restoring Site of 1863 Massacre

Richard Schiffman Smithsonian

Finding Two Lost Royal Treasures Changes History

Tim Newcomb Pop Mechanics

The History of Vanilla is Not So Vanilla

Brenda Haas Deutsche Welle

Before the Wright Brothers: History’s Early Flying Machines

Teet Ottin History Hit

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, July 31

The British Double Agent Who Taught Enemy Spies

Fiona Macdonald BBC

Decoding History’s Most Elusive Treasure Map

Amy Irvine History Hit

The First Shots Fired of the American Civil War

Joshua J. Mark WHE

New England's 20th-Century Life Saving Stations

Charles McGrath American Heritage

How Alchemy Led to Modern Chemistry

Gregory Wakeman HISTORY

How the 'Tombstone Edition' Helped Galvanize Independence

Neely Tucker LOC

The Great Depression’s Hidden Economic Miracle

Alexander J. Field Coolidge Review

How Octane Catalyzed a Wartime Industry

Aidan Poling War on the Rocks

The Plague is as Deadly Today as in the Middle Ages

Julia Vergin Deutsche Welle

Oaths of Office: Do They Matter?

Jerald Stubbs RealClearHistory

Is *This* The Reason There Are So Few Civil War Films?

Roy Morris Jr. WHN

Luxury Items Recovered from Shipwreck

Meilan Solly Smithsonian

One Grain to Rule Them All: Rice as a Global Food

Garritt C. Van Dyk Conversation

The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels

Jade Scott History Today

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News