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American History Magazine
Robert F. Kennedy asked black Americans for the truth. They told it. RFK didn’t like what he heard....
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HistoryNet
Benjamin Franklin Before the Privy Council (engraving by Robert Whitechurch, c1859) Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. In December, 1772 Benjamin Franklin – then serving in London as an agent for four American colonial assemblies as...
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American History, Ask Mr. History
What English Colony Did Not Settle Near Water?...
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HistoryNet
Logan Uriah Reavis went few places where he did not command attention. More than his wild hair and flaming beard, his loud off-putting manner, or his dirty, ill-fitting clothes, his frenzied agitation for the removal of the national...
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American History Magazine
On Angel Island, exclusion, not admission, was the name of the immigration game...
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American History
In a more leisurely time, the front porch was where candidates waited to take office ...
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HistoryNet
By 1802, professional naval opinion in Britain had concluded that the 44-gun frigate, armed with 24-pound cannons on the gun deck, was a failure. Drawing from their war experience with Revolutionary France, during which 6 new French 44-gun...
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HistoryNet
While history records the encounter between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads as a tactical draw, could either of the two ironclad ships have sunk the other? Anticipating action against wooden Union ships, the Virginia...
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HistoryNet
In 1890, an obscure naval officer from a third-rate naval power published a book which shaped the course of the 19th and early 20th century arms race and naval strategy. The book carried the grand title The Influence of Sea Power upon...
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HistoryNet
John Paul Jones (1747-1792) He never commanded a major fleet and lost his flagship in the most celebrated American naval action of the Revolution, yet John Paul Jones embodied the spirit, audaciousness and courage of the nascent...
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HistoryNet
Confederacy (1778-1783) Authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776, the Confederacy (36) was one of the most remarkable Revolutionary War frigate designs. At 160’ length with a 37’ beam, she was one of the largest frigates to see...
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Civil War Times Magazine
Strong Enough to Float an Iron Wedge Few things were as welcome to soldiers in camp and on the march as a fresh, hot cup of coffee Somewhere amid the horror and bloodshed of Antietam, a small act of kindness was rendered that would be...
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HistoryNet, Vietnam, Vietnam Point of View
Rapid mobilization of Communist anti-aircraft guns, missiles and jet fighters provided Hanoi with a potent resistance to U.S. bombers in the early years of the Vietnam War...
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Mag: Vietnam Hero, Personalities, Politics, Rolling Thunder, Vietnam, Vietnam First Person, Vietnam Personalities
How author Maggie Ruth learned the fate of the MIA on her POW bracelet, and changed her view of Vietnam veterans...
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Ask Mr. History, Personalities
Who Is This Man and What Did He Do?...
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HistoryNet
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In this interview, HistoryNet reporter Rebecca Miller interviews historical author Dorothy Love. Love is an award-winning writer known for her ability to bring historical color and refinement to historical fiction. Her latest novel, Mrs....