HISTORY
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You Might Be Surprised to Learn What This Resort Hotel Did During World War II
Rounding the bend past the guard gate, I catch my breath when I spy the Greenbrier resort’s main building. The…
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Buffalo Bill Delighted Italian Fans by Bringing His Wild West Across the Ocean Blue at the Turn of the Century
To this day virtually everyone in the United States has heard of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody. Even those not…
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There’s More to the Story Behind Seven Pines
“No action of the civil war has been so little understood as that of Seven Pines,” Confederate General Joseph E.…
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To Depict the Frontier Era with Authenticity, This Artist Walks in the Footsteps of Mountain Men
A historian with a brush and a palette, David Wright considers it his mission to depict America’s frontier era with precision.…
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During WWII Gliders Seemed Like a Good Idea
Commandos on Wings” ran the headline of the article in Washington’s Evening Star on November 1, 1942. The subhead read,…
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Dan Sickles Insisted that His Gettysburg Antics Saved the Union. Was He Right?
“It was either a good line, or a bad one, and, whichever it was, I took it on my own…
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Western Writers of America Announces Its 2024 Wister Award Winner
Each year since 1961 Western Writers of America has bestowed on a respected individual its Owen Wister Award for lifetime…
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Marine Corps’ Deadliest, Charles ‘Chuck’ Mawhinney, Dies at 75
Ask any Marine about the service’s greatest snipers, and a flurry of references to the legendary Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock…
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The Ercoupe Is Easy to Fly–But You Better Not Be in a Hurry
So you’ve had a “fender bender” in your plane and are in need of some wings. What do you do? …
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Would You Pay $2 Million For This Stamp?
On November 8, 2023, collector Charles Hack paid more than $2 million for a postage stamp. It was not just…
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