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Sunday, August 19, 2018

Asian History

French Exploration of the Mekong River: The de Lagree and Garnier Expedition 1866-1868

History Bot - August 13, 2018

Canadian History

William Osler Taught the Art of Bedside Medicine to New Doctors

Asian History

The Voyages of Admiral Cheng Ho

Middle Eastern History

Flavius Josephus Early Jewish and Roman History: Historical Resources

Ancient Rome

Commemorative Monuments and Sacred Places in the Roman Forum

American History

Shenandoah Valley History in Staunton, Virginia

History Bot - August 14, 2017

This town on the Great Wagon Road is key to imagining the early settlers' experience. It is one of the oldest towns west of...

Augustine of Kent

July 26, 2018

Lincoln and the Slaves in the District of Columbia

May 22, 2017

War of 1812: The Battle of Fort Stephenson, August 2, 1813

May 27, 2017

Toothpaste Recipes Date Back Thousands of Years

August 9, 2017

Ancient History

Ancient History

Studying the Historical Jesus

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece, part 3 – Pericles and the Athenian Empire

Ancient Rome

Tiberius – The Moody Emperor of Rome

American History

American History

Ulysses Grant and the 1872 Election

History Bot - July 25, 2017

Liberal Republicans and Democrats reacted in 1872 to the Credit Mobilier scandal, abuse of the Spoils System, on-going Radical Reconstruction, and federal corruption. When a...

The Square Deal: The Progressive Agenda of President Theodore Roosevelt

August 9, 2017

Life and Death of the Pony Express in the West

July 29, 2017

European History

European History

Welsh History: A Different Wales

WH - May 21, 2017

After the Great War In the spirit of patriotism engendered by the War, the movement in Ireland to agitate for Home Rule was considered treason...

Liber Pontificalis, Part 1

May 28, 2017

Why did Hitler adopt the swastika symbol for Nazis?

August 17, 2018

Treatment of Prisoners and Noble Knighthood

Medieval History WH - June 1, 2017

Knighthood went through various changes over the centuries. Courtesy was important for protecting knights from mistreatment and ensuring fairness and justice. During times of...

Broadcasting from the Bottom of the World

American History WH - May 20, 2017

A collapsible organ, a piano, and a man who could do “double tremolos on the harmonica.” If you guessed a 1930s evening by the...

How Judge Roy Bean Came to California

American History Christopher Wunder - June 27, 2017

Before there was a legend there was the man: Roy Bean. Before Roy Bean was a judge in Texas he wandered the frontier and...

The Habsburg Emperor Frederick III of the Holy Roman Empire

European History Paula McLeod - March 1, 2018

Emperor Frederick III established the Habsburg dynasty of Austria as de facto hereditary rulers of the Holy Roman Empire. Emperor Frederick III of the Holy...

Russia

Russian History

Alexander Nevsky of Russia

History Bot - June 20, 2017

Russian History

Holodomor: The Great Famine in Soviet Ukraine, 1932-1933

Anatoly Mikhailov - August 19, 2018

Russian History

Faberge Eggs

WH - July 31, 2018

Military

Military History

A Saga of Courage that Rivals Thermopylae – Saragarhi

History Bot - August 19, 2018

Military History

The Civil War Coehorn Mortar

History Bot - August 14, 2018

Military History

US Coast Guard Traditions and Honors

WH - May 26, 2017

Old West

This Wild Wild West

Wild Bunch – The Wilcox Robbery: Who Did It?

WH - May 21, 2017

This Wild Wild West

Edward F. Beale, Sailor, Adventurer, Explorer

WH - May 21, 2017

This Wild Wild West

Wild Bunch – The Ice Wagon Affair

WH - May 21, 2017

WW II

WW II History

Aircraft of the Battle of Britain

WH - May 24, 2017

WW II History

Monty and Patton: Unfriendly Allies

WH - May 24, 2017

WW II History

Operation Mincemeat and the Man Who Never Was

WH - May 24, 2017

Asia

Asian History

Pirates of the Malacca Strait

WH - May 24, 2017

Asian History

The Defeat of the LTTE and the Indian Hand

Robert McRoberts - March 5, 2018

Asian History

Direct and Indirect Rule in Southeast Asia: Definitions and Significance of Colonialist Ruling Methods

History Bot - August 15, 2018

What Others Are Reading

New York’s Bowery and the Minstrel Show

American History WH - May 27, 2017

The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment that included comic sketches, variety acts, dancing, and music. It was performed by white people...

Midnight Ride Through Georgia: Passing the GI Bill

American History WH - May 20, 2017

From the conception of the “GI Bill of Rights” in late 1943 to its spring passage in the Senate (50 to 0) and House...

Mormon Trail Carried Thousands to Utah

American History History Bot - July 27, 2017

In 1846 Brigham Young led the first group of Mormons from Nauvoo, Ill., to present-day Utah. After being forced from settlements in Missouri, Ohio, and...

Ideology of the Gilded Age: Socialism and Capitalism

American History WH - May 21, 2017

In the tumultuous age of the Industrial Revolution in America, some became very rich while others faced terrible poverty. Out of this dilemma came...

Mutemwiya and the Divine Birth of Amenhotep III

Ancient Egypt Cathy Anne Smith - June 28, 2017

Amenhotep was insecure with regards to his heritage and embellished a divine ancestry for himself and in turn venerated his mother as The Chosen...

Medieval History

Medieval History

Strabos Garden: a Place of Beauty, Utility and Prayer

WH - May 24, 2017

In the the early ninth century a young monk took the small boat that ferried passengers across to Reichenau Island in Lake Constance. His...

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