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Gordon Berg |
Published: February 10, 2012 at 5:46 pm
'John Brown's Body' by Stephen Vincent Benet, published in 1928, remains a vibrant tapestry of America's diversity and its unity, its 15,000 lines re-imagining the Civil War as Lincoln understood it.
Nicholas O'Dell |
Published: January 18, 2012 at 12:22 pm
A 1930 patent filed by a young RAF officer kick-started the Jet Age.
Jay Wertz |
Published: January 17, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Stephen Ives' "Custer's Last Stand" on American Experience is more concerned with exploring the myth of Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn than in presenting a blow-by-blow description.
Jay Wertz |
Published: December 27, 2011 at 11:14 am
A HistoryNet exclusive interview with director Ron Maxwell about the extended director's cut of his film Gods and Generals, now available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Published: December 07, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Weider History Group's president, Eric Weider, talks in a two-part interview on Suite101
HistoryNet |
Published: November 22, 2011 at 10:07 am
Over 40 recommended gift selections for the history buffs on your list.
Published: November 10, 2011 at 3:36 pm
PRESS RELEASE FROM: Spirit of '45
As the country honors the brave men and women who have answered our nation's call to duty on Veterans Day, November 11, more than 25,000 people, including 27 active military units from all branches, …
Published: October 25, 2011 at 3:02 pm
National WWII Museum Launches Campaign of Gratitude for Military Veterans of All Eras
Gerald D. Swick |
Published: October 04, 2011 at 9:52 pm
The new PBS documentary 'The War of 1812' goes beyond the myths and the few well-known events of 'the war we don't know much about' to present a balanced, informative and engrossing program.
Jay Wertz |
Published: September 29, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns explores the Prohibition years in a new PBS special that begins Sunday.
Michael and Barbara Foster |
Published: September 08, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Adah Isaacs Menken, aka “The Naked Lady,” may have begun life as a poor girl from New Orleans, but with talent and courage she became THE outstanding actress during the era of America's Civil War.
HistoryNet staff |
Published: September 01, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Listing of special television programming to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America.
Gordon Berg |
Published: August 18, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Walt Whitman has the reputation as a Civil War writer, but it was his younger brother, George Washington Whitman, who saw the war up close and personal as a member of Company K, 51st New York Volunteer Infantry.
Jay Wertz |
Published: July 29, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Nearly 9,000 Civil War reenactors staged battle re-creations as part of the activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Manassas/Battle of Bull Run.
Neal West |
Published: July 15, 2011 at 3:21 pm
A volunteer at the Manassas National Battlefield Park talks about portraying history while wearing 45 pounds of clothing and accoutrements in summer heat, the questions visitors ask, and why he does it.
HistoryNet staff |
Published: June 21, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Carlo D'Este chosen to receive 2011 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
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