RealClearHistory Week of August 24, 2026 Archives

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Monday, August 24
The Steam Tug That Survived Two World Wars
Staff The Times of India
Benjamin Harrison Deserves Better Than Oblivion
Jacob Lane RealClearHistory
When Lenin Lost the Vote, He Abolished Democracy
Charlton Allen American Thinker
The World Turned Upside Down: The Battle of Yorktown
Keli Holt Substack
The Garage Where Silicon Valley Began
Christopher DeMuth The Coolidge Review
Benedict Arnold’s Disastrous Invasion of Canada
Earl Echelberry WHN
When a California Carpenter Found a Gold Nugget
Lydia Kiesling Smithsonian
Two Forgotten But Vital Figures of the American Revolution
Staff Economist
Remembering Lincoln's Most Famous Speech
Harrison W. Mark WHE
How Americans Reinvented the Ancient Sport of Bowling
Lesley Kennedy HISTORY
What Exactly *Is* The Information Age, Anyway?
Staff History Today
DNA Reveals How Europe Changed After Rome Fell
Lee Sandberg SciTechDaily
The Bayeux Tapestry on Medieval Women
Natasha R. Hodgson Conversation
A Scholar's Take on Political Thought, Law, and Ordered Liberty
Elliot Drago JMC
This Day in American History
Staff Liberty Nation News


Wednesday, August 26
The Idyllic Holiday Island That Once Housed a Nazi Fortress
Pavlo Fedykovych CNN
The Connection Between Houthi Rebels and Coffee
Ibrahim Al-Marashi Conversation
Guadalcanal: The Brutal Fight to Control the Solomons
Mark Cartwright WHE
He Made a Fortune in the Slave Trade. Did He Regret It?
James Osborne HistoryExtra
The Garage Where Silicon Valley Began
Christopher DeMuth The Coolidge Review
I Experienced the Last Soviet Summer
Charlton Allen RealClearHistory
Historians Share the Most Amazing Facts They Know
Adriana Chavez BuzzFeed
The Women Who Fought the Mau Mau Rebels
Lauren Brown History Today
How One Woman Faced the Architecture of High Command
John Pabst Substack
Dolly Parton’s Influence Reached Beyond Music
Julia Carpenter HISTORY
This Artist Was on the Front Lines. His Work is Harrowing.
Howard Brodie WHN
Why is a Replica Spanish Galleon in the West of Scotland?
Jonathan Geddes BBC
How Experts Are Identifying Soldiers Found in Danube
Franziska Müller Euronews
A King’s Ransom: Uncovering a Medieval Hoard
Amy Irvine History Hit
This Day in American History
Staff Liberty Nation News


Friday, August 28
“Butch” O’Hare: The Original Top Gun
Patrick Reynolds WHN
Thieves Steal Bronze Age Artifacts From Museum
Gabriela Pomeroy BBC News
When the Revolution Almost Died in Brooklyn
Dan McLaughlin National Review
WWII Medic, 104, Reflects on Liberating Buchenwald
Kevin Damask Military.com
This Man Parachuted Behind Enemy Lines in WWII
Katie S. Sanders Smithsonian
The U.S. Island-Hopping Advance in the Pacific
Mark Cartwright WHE
The Garage Where Silicon Valley Began
Christopher DeMuth The Coolidge Review
The Beginning of the Zeppelin Airship
Mathew Lyons History Today
Why Air Travel in the United States is so Safe
Roger Forsgren UX Magazine
The Muslim War Memorial in the Heart of Paris
Shannon Fogg Conversation
How People Predicted the Weather Before Modern Forecasting
Becky Little History
What Was Alexander the Great Planning When He Died?
James Osborne HistoryExtra
Flag Day: Etiquette and the U.S. Flag Code
MLT Staff Military.com
6 Timely Tours to Take in the United States Right Now
Brian Hoyt New Observer
This Day in American History
Staff Liberty Nation News


Monday, August 31
The 7 Greatest American Admirals in History
Patrick Bodovitz TheCollector
Salazar: Portugal’s "Great" Dictator
Tom Gallagher History Today
Negotiating Independence and Thwarting the a Conspiracy
Keli Holt Substack
Photographing the Battle of Antietam
Roy Morris Jr. WHN
Mau Mau Rebellion: Nationalism & Terror in British Kenya
Mark Cartwright WHE
King John Was a Monster. But Was He A Murderer?
James Osborne HistoryExtra
America Post-War: Prosperity with Growing Pains
Gene Pisasale RCPennsylvania
‘A New Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover
Julie Turkewitz NYT
The Counterculture Origins of Burning Man
Rosael Torres-Davis HISTORY
Revolutionary War Mass Grave Shows the Awful Truth
Staff The Conversation
Britain’s 11th-Century ‘Conquest Man’ Was Scandinavian
Nicola Davis The Guardian
The Amazing Story of Swimmer Gertrude Ederle
Jordanna Silverman Smithsonian
Unearthed Relic Survived the Sack of Jerusalem's First Temple
Staff Times of India
This Day in American History
Staff Liberty Nation News



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