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This Prosthetic Limb Gave Civil War Amputees a Chance to Embrace Their Loved Ones Again

by HistoryNet staff2/21/20232/21/2023

Too old to fight, Marvin Lincoln instead used his skills to invent a prosthetic arm to help disabled veterans.

Santa prepares to descend a chimney in this still from Santa Claus (1898).

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Watch the First-Ever Christmas Movie—From 1898!

by HistoryNet staff12/23/202212/23/2022

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How ‘St. Crispin’s Day’ Was Shakespeare’s Master Class in Giving Battle Speeches

by HistoryNet staff12/19/202212/21/2022

Our 5 Most Engaging Stories of 2022: Spies, War Crimes, and Nazi Proxies

by HistoryNet staff12/14/202212/14/2022

Our 5 Most Engaging Stories of 2022: Spies, War Crimes, and Nazi Proxies

by HistoryNet staff12/12/202212/12/2022

Tragedy Along the Potomac: Alcohol Fueled a Deadly Interaction Between a Union Soldier and a Maryland Teenager on July 21, 1861

by HistoryNet staff11/30/202212/1/2022

Eye in the Sky

by HistoryNet staff11/15/202211/15/2022

Go Vote! Here’s How to Find Your Polling Place

by HistoryNet staff11/8/202211/8/2022

Exterior of "Keller Home" in Funkstown, Md.

Want to Live on a Battlefield? You Can for $550,000

by HistoryNet staff11/7/202211/7/2022

Pop! Pop! Watch a Smith Carbine in Action

by HistoryNet staff10/20/202210/20/2022