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For Bunker Hill descendants, the battle never fades
This weekend about 50 other descendants of Bunker Hill veterans will arrive in Charlestown to commemorate the bravery and ...
Book excerpt: "The Fate of the Day" by Rick Atkinson
Volume Two of the bestselling historian's "Revolution Trilogy" details the middle years of the War for Independence, in which ...
Ken Burns on new documentary: ‘We hope to put the ‘us’ back into the United States’
Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution” is an examination of the past and a critique of the present. It premieres in November on ...
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Post Time: Belmont Stakes Festival back in Saratoga for battle of classic winners
The $2 million Grade 1 Belmont Stakes will feature a much-anticipated rematch between Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty and ...
The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first
The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a ...
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Hidden details from the Battle of the Bulge come to light
revealing new information about the events and movements of the battle. Stichelbaut and his collages surveyed parts of the battlefield with an aerial drone equipped with high-resolution lidar ...
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Saratoga Race Course
Already famous for its mineral baths, Saratoga held its first thoroughbred meet just a month after the Battle of Gettysburg. Staged by gambler, casino owner, ex-boxing champion and future Congressman ...