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No One Wants to Be a Historian Nowadays
Nearly 2 in 5 American adults regret their college majors.
The Only Surviving Battleship From Both World Wars Is Finally Getting Repairs
It's survived two world wars, but now the USS Texas is in a fight for its life against the ultimate enemy: time.
How a One-Eyed Canadian Almost Ruined the Japanese Surrender of WWII
Marked both by jubilation and somber reflection, the Japanese surrender at Tokyo Bay officially concluding the bloodiest war in recorded history — but it wasn’t without incident, thanks to our Canadian allies.
Moorefield, West Virginia: Confederate Bastion in the Blue State
Federal troops drove Confederate cavalry from these pastoral mountain valleys.
What Else Happened on Sept. 1? We Look Beyond the Start of WWII.
Ten dates in history that warrant a further look.
This Union General Had It All: Wealth. Women. One Arm. He Died at 47, Refusing to Surrender
Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Phil Kearny died with a single bullet to the spine.
This WWII Bunker Used a Fake Air Vent to Return Grenade to Sender
A very deadly trick deployed by the builders of a bunker in Normandy used nothing more than the art of misdirection.
A View From the North: Union Women’s Wartime Memoirs
Two Northern women kept insightful journals of their Civil War-era experiences.