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Watch Churchill’s ‘Some Chicken, Some Neck’ Speech
Addressing a Canadian crowd in 1941, Winston Churchill buoyed the Commonwealth's spirits with a joke about poultry.
Why Isn’t There Anyone Buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Vietnam?
Controversy surrounded Michael J. Blassie’s burial at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Inventing the Future: How the Civil War Inspired the Commodities Market
The effort to keep the Union Army fighting created the commodities market
Mathew Brady Was a Genius. His New Monument Lives Up To That Reputation
A new memorial erected in the honor of the famed Civil War photographer.
Burnside Bridge Controversy: What Exactly Happened at Antietam Creek?
Confusion over crossings prevented the Army of the Potomac from achieving outright victory on September 17, 1862.
Watch the First Televised Presidential Debate: JFK vs. Nixon
The first presidential debate on TV not only played to Kennedy's charisma, it also merged politics with popular culture — and paved the way for today's image-obsessed electoral landscape.