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St Patrick’s Day is a global celebration of Irish culture, but in the US its parades have always been political. Read More

St. Patrick is not a canonized saint, despite his well-known honorific. Still, he is known as the patron saint of Ire... Read More

From the birthplace of St. Patrick to the color green, several popular myths actually have little to do with the true origins of the holiday. Read More

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Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian immigrant in Michigan, disguised herself as “Frank Thompson” to serve in the Union Army’s 2nd Michigan... Read More

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 cost the lives of 13,000 British and allied soldiers, 40,000 mutineers, and an untold number of civilians. Read More

The Secession of the Plebs (secessio plebis) refers to a series of general strikes in the early history of the Roman Republic, when... Read More

Two secret battlefield letters written by George Washington during one of the toughest winters of the Revolutionary War have recently... Read More

LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. academic Nina Khrushcheva, the great-granddaughter of a ​former Soviet leader, was designated by Russia... Read More

A two-day symposium will explore more than just the “blood and guts” of Patton, but an in-depth exploration of one of the war’s most... Read More

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The public 18-hole course built in 1939 on the site of a former landfill in D.C. became a regular stop for Black pioneers in the sport. Read More

A series of confessions, obtained under torture have shaped the order’s legacy in film. Read More

When a fellow pilot investigated the crash, he determined that a series of critical errors may have added up to catastrophe for the famous... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

Military confrontations, early-morning attacks, and digital warfare: the story of Iran and the U.S. from the 1979 Iranian revolution to the... Read More

Explore Henry Knox's legendary expedition to move nearly 60 tons of artillery across lakes, rivers, and mountain passes in January 1776. Read More

Join Greg and his guests to learn about the life of mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria. Read More

The impact of the wide-ranging laws of Hammurabi, King of Babylon from 4,000 years ago. Read More

An ambitious chronicle spans four centuries of escapes and uprisings in the Americas Read More

A bird’s eye view of the U.S. reveals perpendicular streets, rectangular fields, and uniformity in both urban and rural landscapes.... Read More

Reads that shed light on the origins of today’s conflict—and Tehran’s possible future. Read More

Directed by James Whale, the 1935 movie and its prequel, a 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, laid the groundwork for the... Read More

The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran put a resounding period on the end of a sentence that international leaders have been composing since... Read More

80 years after Churchill delivered his famed “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, his clear-eyed warning about the dangers of... Read More

The Strait of Hormuz became a fraught passage in the Tanker War between Iran and Iraq. Nevertheless, the oil continued to flow. Read More

The Portland spy ring trial began on 13 March 1961. The BBC reported on a Cold War tale of espionage, adultery, exorcism – and a... Read More

All soldiers going into battle had to have courage—none more so than the glider pilots of World War II. Read More

In June 1940, as France collapsed and Britain faced the prospect of resisting the Nazis alone, Winston Churchill searched for a French leader... Read More

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a conspiracy... Read More

LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Tax the rich. Trash the tariffs. End monopolies. Such are the rallying calls of many of today's most heated... Read More

Only last week I found out that the last military action of the English Civil War actually took place in the American colonies. Read More

The United States may not be in the midst of a spiritual revival, as President Donald Trump toutedduring the State of the... Read More

The patriots weaponized Jane McCrea’s death to demonize their enemies and paint Indigenous people as uniquely violent Read More

This tool was invented to solve a dangerous problem in childbirth. Read More

Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia circa 3600/3500 BCE. It is considered the most... Read More

There’s something kind of magical about looking at stuff from the past; it’s like a tiny peek into how people lived, worked, and... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More