‘What stays with you latest and deepest?’: PBS Series Examines the Civil War Through Poetry
Now in its third season, PBS’s “Poetry in America,” centers on one iconic American poem each episode
Gangsters of Capitalism Review: Was Smedley Butler the Embodiment of American Imperialism?
War is a racket, they say. Then by extension, what about capitalism?
We Know Who Shot William McKinley—But Who Shot The Final Photo of Him?
Many photographers working around Buffalo that awful Friday thought they had made the last image of William McKinley alive and well
He Was a New Union Lieutenant at Shiloh. The Horrors He Witnessed Left Scars That Never Healed.
A young Union lieutenant and his fellow Ohioans learn the horrors of war on Shiloh’s opening day
They ‘literally ate crow’: How Starving Confederate Troops Made It Home After the Civil War
After Appomattox, General Robert E. Lee's troops began their journeys home
The Cadet Chapel: A Jewel in Military Gothic
The Cadet Chapel at West Point, with all the power and grandeur of a medieval fortress, is an architectural masterpiece inside and out
Slavery at Sea: How Sailor Dissatisfaction Forced Americans to Reconsider Maritime Laws
A stand-off between sailors and captain on a lumber transport helped change seamen’s legal status
Tuskegee Airman Brig. Gen. Charles McGee Dies at 102
McGee was one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen
When the CIA Bankrolled a Nazi Spy Chief
As the old saying goes, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em
Latécoère 631: France’s Big Flying Boat
The Latécoère 631 may have been the ultimate flying boat airliner but its service record left a lot to be desired
The Other 9/11: The Battle of Brandywine, 1777
Fresh from their major victory in New York City, the British looked to crush the fledgling nation in 1777 with a two-pronged offensive
Is Everything We Think We Know About Pickett’s Charge… Wrong?
J.E.B. Stuart’s intentions during Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg have long been misinterpreted
Meet the U.S. Army’s First Black Surgeon: Alexander Augusta
Alexander Augusta swam forward against waves of racism to become the United State Army's first Black surgeon
In the 15th Century, China Amped Up Its Sea Power—Led by a Muslim Eunuch
Zheng He’s expansive projection of sea power represented a unique chapter in Chinese history
New Research Explores How Many U.S. Congressmen Owned Slaves
The report is helping to reveal “the glaring holes in many of the stories that Americans tell about the country’s history"
Gangsters of the Sky: How a Captured Bombardier’s ‘Murder, Inc.’ Jacket Inspired a Failed Nazi Propaganda Campaign
Newspapers across Germany claimed that Lt. Kenneth Williams' flight jacket was "photo evidence for the underworld nature of [Allied] air terror"
