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People Archives:U.S. Presidents

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The Scandal that Led to Harry S. Truman Becoming President and Marilyn Monroe Getting Married

by Stephan Wilkinson3/13/20241/29/2024

Did Curtiss-Wright deliberately sell defective engines to the U.S. Army during WWII?

Soldiers burying the dead, Mexican War

Civil War Generals Never Forgot the Blood and Lost Friends in the US Showdown with Mexico

by Frank Jastrzembski3/4/20241/17/2024
Photo of Gerald Ford at work in the Oval Office in January 1976.

Is Gerald R. Ford’s Legacy Deserving of a Reassessment?

by Carl Zebrowski2/20/20242/12/2024
Photo depicts West Point Military Academy in New York. Cadets Standing in Formation at West Point Academy

From Korea to Vietnam, This West Pointer Was An Inspiration To All Who Knew Him

by John D. Howard2/12/20242/12/2024
ulysses-s-grant

Grant Didn’t Fit the Eastern Theater Mold—Turns Out That’s Exactly What Lincoln Wanted

by William W. Bergen2/12/20244/29/2024

Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Set to Star in President Garfield Assassination Historical Drama

by Claire Barrett2/2/20242/8/2024
Painting of the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

A Creek War Baptism of Fire for Future Icons

by Peter Cozzens1/30/20241/23/2024
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The Sword That Spurred Ulysses Grant To Victory

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/16/20241/16/2024
Lincoln reviews Garibaldi Guard

Abraham Lincoln’s Embrace of Foreign-Born Fighters 

by Harold Holzer1/11/202411/1/2023
Ku Klux Klan regalia

A Battle Ulysses S. Grant Couldn’t Quite Win

by Gordon Berg1/8/20241/8/2024

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