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The rusting hull of a century-old steam tug has emerged almost completely from the shrinking waters of Serbia’s Sava River near Sremska... Read More

August 20 marked the 193rd birthday of an American president.  Don’t feel bad if you didn’t know that. Benjamin... Read More

When revolutionary socialists tell us who they are, perhaps we should take them at their word. Read More

British Brigadier General Charles O’Hara clad in a scarlet coat trimmed with gold embroidery on his cuffs, lapels and buttonholes that... Read More

The entrepreneurs who pioneered a culture of innovation and enterprise Read More

On the snow-blasted Plains of Abraham, American forces prepared to launch an attack on the English citadel at Quebec. It was a recipe for... Read More

A new book by historian Nathaniel Philbrick makes the case that James Marshall’s 1848 discovery set in motion events from the Civil War to... Read More

Charles Lennox and James Wilson, a pair of Britons, played important roles in the struggle for independence Read More

The Gettysburg Address was a speech delivered by US President Abraham Lincoln on 19 November 1863. It was given during the formal... Read More

Before the mid-19th century, bowling used nine pins, not 10. Read More

From the printing press to the internet, the spread of information has changed the world. How do we recognise an age defined by it Read More

A study challenges the idea that Barbarians simply dominated Europe during the Early Middle Ages. Read More

The women of the Bayeux tapestry tell a story as compelling and important as the main depiction of the battle. Read More

JMC Resident Historian Elliott Drago sat down with 2025 Jack Miller Fellow Ben Peterson to discuss his work on the varieties of political... Read More

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

Join Greg and his guests to learn about the infamous pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Read More

This year, K-pop Demon Hunters picked up a couple of Oscars, the pop group BTS made its triumphant return to sold out crowds, and K-pop took... Read More

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we study The Portrait of Madame X- a famous 19th century painting featuring a mysteriously alluring... Read More

Linford Fisher and Lorén Spears reveal how Indigenous slavery and land dispossession went hand-in-hand with the American Revolution. Read More

The transatlantic telegraph cable helped usher in the information age, a new book shows Read More

Behaving well as a host or visitor wasn’t just a matter of etiquette for the ancient Greeks – it was a sacred duty. Hilary... Read More

Carter Vaughn Findley’s "Dreams of Empire" charts the endurance, diversity, achievements, and eventual dissolution of a state that bound... Read More

At a time when universities are shuttering their presses, Grove City College has launched Faith & Freedom Press through publisher... Read More

James Conway was among 12 men chosen to be part of a secret mission known as Operation Frankton. Read More

The Allied effort to supply the forces in Asia via 'The Hump' over the Himalayas was a monumental task. Read More

On August 23, 1944, a test flight over the village of Freckleton, located in northwest England, ended in disaster, claiming the lives of 61... Read More

The pre-tax environment that unleashed capital, growth, innovation, and opportunity Read More

What does it mean to be an American? How do we define America? Some say it’s an idea. Others say a place. Still more say a people. In... Read More

JMC Resident Historian Elliott Drago sat down with JMC network member Jacob Bruggeman to discuss his work on the intertwined histories of... Read More

Ancient Romans blamed the deadly 'breath of Cerberus' for the mysterious deaths at Pluto’s Gate. Read More

The most famous Scottish cannibal was Sawney Bean, a 16th-century man who, with his wife and children, supposedly killed and ate travellers... Read More

Warriors in red cloaks battling against the odds at Thermopylae is the image usually associated with Sparta. But a richer and more... Read More

The Fertile Crescent, often called the 'cradle of civilization', is the region in the Middle East that curves like a quarter-moon shape... Read More

Divers in Florida are seeking sunken slave ships for connections to history. Read More

Weeks without rain have caused Italy's Tiber River to fall to unusually low levels, revealing the remains of an ancient Roman bridge near the... Read More

How the 30-cent island diner special became a culinary pride of Hawai'i. Read More

It's a party in the USA... Read More

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