‘How German Ingenuity Inspired America’ Review: The Old World’s Gifts to the New
America's largest immigrant population introduced Teutonic traditions that seem homegrown to us now
Out of the Shadows: Interview with Civil War Historian Edward G. Longacre
Longacre takes a look at Custer and the unsung hero of Gettysburg, David McMurtrie Gregg
The Legendary B-17 Bomber’s First Combat Mission Was an Abject Failure
The storied bomber got off to an inauspicious start at the hands of the British
From Blurring Imperfections to Falsifying Reality: How Stalin Made the Truth Disappear Through “Photoshop”
Was Stalin the forefather of photoshop?
‘Peace and Prisoners of War’ Review: The Vietnamese Peacemaker Turned Prisoner
A South Vietnamese soldier recounts his experiences facing his enemies during peace negotiations
Who Knew? The Art Deco Building in Gettysburg that Housed German POWs During WWII
What’s this striking art deco building doing in the middle of the nation’s most important Civil War battlefield?
‘From Presidio to the Pecos River’ Book Review
Orville Shelburne describes the mid-19th century efforts of surveyors to delineate the southern border of the United States
‘The Liberation of Marguerite Harrison’ Book Review
Elizabeth Atwood profiles the Baltimore socialite who brought connections, language skills and subterfuge to bear as America's first female spy
Indomitable Afghanistan: Why the Country Remains Unconquered
Oft-called the 'the Graveyard of Empires,' the wild region now known as Afghanistan has foiled would-be conquerors for millennia
Letter From Wild West — August 2021
Chiricahua Apache Chief Naiche probably deserves more recognition, but he can't escape the long shadow of the notorious Geronimo
Can One Trace the Phrase ‘Whole Nine Yards’ to WWII? Kind of…
The origins of the oft-used phrase have stumped internet sleuths and etymologists alike for decades
Death From Above: How a U.S. Navy Force Battled a Kamikaze Onslaught
Captured by photographer Herman Schnipper, the USS Astoria endured the three-hour frenzy during the bloody fight for Okinawa
John Bachelder: How the Visionary Helped Preserve Gettysburg’s History
John Bachelder worked tirelessly to commemorate the July 1863 battle
Samurai Invasion: Japan’s 1609 Conquest of Ryukyu
An elite corps of Japan's samurai warriors launched an assault on the island realm of Ryukyu in 1609
Ernest Peixotto: The Enlisted WWI Artist on the Western Front
When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Ernest Peixotto was eager to lend his hand to the effort
Syndrome K — The ‘Disease’ that Saved Lives During WWII
Two Italian doctors invent an imaginary disease that helped save thousands of Jews in occupied Nazi territory
