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War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...
Battlefield V immerses players in the brutal and unforgiving realities of World War II, offering more than just a first-person shooter experience. Through its gritty visuals, raw sound design, and ...
Long before we did this at football games, it was done on the battlefield during the American Civil War - and it goes back ...
After they have watched the History Detectives Chandler Tintype episode and an excerpt from the Civil War Letters episode, tell the class that they will find out more specifics about how blacks ...
A group of disabled veterans was recently brought together to excavate a Revolutionary War battlefield — but it was far from the usual dig. The project, which was organized by the American ...
The National Park Service awards $456,934.78 in Battlefield Restoration Grants to enhance Civil War battlefields in North Carolina and South Carolina, preserving historic features.
Prof. Allen Guelzo notes that, prior to the 18th-century Enlightenment, power and authority flowed down and obligation upward (“Have You Noticed It’s America’s 250th Birthday?” op-ed ...
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school ...
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Civil War battlefield in Mississippi is providing more information about Black history. Recent ceremonies honored the memory of 18 Black soldiers and two white officers ...
Not just the most famous battle of the American West, but also the most important, the Battle of Little Bighorn makes for a fascinating story ...
Numerous historical landmarks can be found across Richmond National Battlefield Park, which captures different parts of the Civil War that occurred at or near the capital of the Confederacy.
Fought in A.D. 636 or 637, the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah marked the victory of an Arab Muslim army over forces from the Sasanian Empire, which ruled modern-day Iran between A.D. 224 and 651.