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Era Archives:2000s

This cartoon pokes fun at Martin Van Buren’s inability to build a Free Soil Party coalition during the 1848 presidential run.

Leap Back on the Political Merry-Go-Round

by Richard Brookhiser11/28/20233/31/2024
Texas Civil War Museum

Texas Civil War Museum to Remain Open

by Donald L. Barnhart Jr.11/20/202311/20/2023
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Drawing on His Past as a Navy SEAL

by Richard Prosch11/20/202311/20/2023
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This Wagonmaker Just Keeps Rolling Along

by Candy Moulton11/13/202311/1/2023
Photo of Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward C. Byers Jr. will be awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama during a White House ceremony Feb. 29. Byers is receiving the medal for his actions during a 2012 rescue operation in Afghanistan. WASHINGTON (Feb. 24, 2016)

Neither Gunfire Nor Darkness Deterred This Navy SEAL

by Chuck Lyons11/10/202311/1/2023
Photo of the Puerto Rico–based 65th U.S. Infantry (aka Borinqueneers) who saw action in Korea.

The Project That Puts U.S. Veterans First

by Jon Guttman11/3/202311/1/2023
Photo of a glass and bottle of absinthe with sugar cubes.

Green and Mysterious, Absinthe Caused Controversy Wherever it Was Poured

by Jesse Hicks10/17/202311/8/2023
Photo of a soldier in the U.S. Army 1st Air Cavalry holds his rifle above his head as he serves as a 'traffic cop' for helicopters landing in a field during an operation north of Saigon in the Vietnam War, South Vietnam. The helicopters were bringing members of the unit to the area that they were to patrol.

When a Vietnamese Ally Was Wounded, Two American Soldiers Had to Choose Obedience or Compassion

by John B. Haseman and John M. Harris10/16/202310/16/2023
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Nepal is the Birthplace of Buddha. It’s Also Home to Some of the World’s Toughest Fighters

by Chuck Lyons10/12/202312/11/2023
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Did Scottish Warriors Invent The Man Bag?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher10/9/202310/9/2023

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