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Without certain moments in our national life, we wouldn’t be the nation we’ve become. We reunited our people at Appomattox, and united mankind when we walked on the moon. Not just history; Great American history.
Omaha Beach
We have a phrase that we throw away lightly: “Hell on earth.” We have to wait in an airplane on the tarmac for two...
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D-Day
The size and scope of the D-Day operation grows more amazing as time goes on, and as the nature of warfare changes. In this age of...
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“Tear Down This Wall”
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the speech President Ronald Reagan made at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, calling for the removal...
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The Jazz Singer, the First “Talkie”
Let’s clear up one common misunderstanding up front. When Al Jolson said, “Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain’t heard...
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The Nixon-Kennedy Debates
If you’re tired of the Republican Debate-o-the-Day (and who isn’t?), you can blame the incredible impact of the 1960 debates...
Read MoreThe Alamo
General Antonio López de Santa Anna finally captured the Alamo on March 6, 1836. Tony thought he was putting an end to the battle for...
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History: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Five Marines and a Navy corpsman raised the American flag on the worthless island of Iwo Jima near the end of World War II, and the image...
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History: VJ Day in Times Square
It’s a thing of wonderment when a photographer can capture the mood of an entire nation in a moment of spontaneous excitement. When a...
Read MoreHistory: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Several years following World War I, Congress approved the burial of an unknown soldier at Arlington Cemetery. The process for selecting...
Read MoreHistory: The Berlin Airlift
At the conclusion of World War II, both the western Allies and the Soviet Union wanted Germany under their sphere of influence. The...
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