New York’s History and Culture Based on Four Centuries of Dutch Treats
The Empire State inherited a huge hunk of its soul from the Netherlands
Book Review: The Earps Invade Southern California
Co-authors Don Chaput and David D. de Haas recount the legendary Earps' last family gathering in turn-of-the-century southern California
Remembering Jasenovac Concentration Camp
While the horrors of World War II concentration camps are well known, Jasenovac was considered—even by the Nazis—to have had especially hellish conditions.
Book Review: Seven Days in Hell
David O'Keefe relates the July 25, 1944, Battle of Verrières Ridge, a disastrous one for Canada's Black Watch Regiment
‘Never Forget’ Rose Created for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Centennial
“Having a rose named Never Forget will be a reminder and help to perpetuate the message that we must never forget; that we are united with and honor all those served and sacrificed on behalf of America in times of war and armed conflict"
Short Fuzes: Why Bombs Blew Up On Fighters in the Vietnam War
When bombs began exploding prematurely over Vietnam, killing aircrews, the cause was traced to faulty fuzes, but more would die before a solution was found
James Baldwin’s Challenge to America: Not Your Negro and Not Willing to Settle
The esteemed 20th-century writer demanded that White society accept its culpability in the betrayal of Black people
‘Why Were Aircraft Markings for the U.S. Army Air Forces Only Applied on the Top Side of the Left Wing?’
A closer look at why American aircraft had distinctive markings and the purpose it served during World War II
Nikita Khrushchev Details the Cuban Missile Crisis
In his memoir, excerpted in LIFE magazine in January 1971, Khrushchev writes that the 1962 crisis was a “triumph of Soviet foreign policy and a personal triumph"
How ‘Speedy Pete’ Piloted the Fastest Flight Ever Made by a Manned Aircraft
Piloting X-15s to a record Mach 6.7 and the fringes of space, U.S. Air Force Major Pete Knight earned the Harmon Trophy and nickname “Speedy Pete”
Steeped in History, the Virginia town of Chesapeake Harbors Remnants of Civil War
The town is steeped in the Confederate history so predominant in the South, but the area’s waterways made it a pivotal route on the Underground Railroad
Black Hawk’s Folly: Battle of the Sinkhole
In the last action linked to the War of 1812 Missouri Rangers cornered Sauk warriors atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi floodplain
MiG Buster: A Closer Look at the Mark 22 Autoloading Cannon
The Mark 22 achieved the only successful downing of an enemy aircraft by naval gunfire during the Vietnam War
A 99-Year-Old World War II Veteran Finally Gets His Medals
His wounds, severe enough to send him home, were listed in unit paperwork. But in the blur of wartime bureaucracy, they were lost
The Disease That Killed the Young and the Beautiful
Before antibiotics, tuberculosis was a leading cause of death, a national fixation, and the scourge of artists
New National Museum of the U.S. Army Opens at Virginia’s Fort Belvoir
After two decades of planning, fundraising, and construction, the National Museum of the United States Army finally opened
