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The American system of democracy has crashed
The Declaration of Independence has some notes about “the Right of the People to alter or to abolish” its existing government ...
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The shadow fighters of the Civil War
Historian Patrick O’Donnell spotted an intriguing roadside marker and then spent six years researching a part of the Civil ...
The Nation the Army Built
General George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to lead an army of 16,000. These men, Washington announced, ...
The US Army's done with Humvees and the Robotic Combat Vehicles. Here's what leaders want instead.
Sec. Driscoll and Gen. Rainey told BI the Infantry Squad Vehicle's development is a success story iterated and supported by ...
The Guns (and Soldiers) That Won the American Revolution
While hunters and their rifles helped wage psychological warfare, the American victory can actually be attributed to ...
The unsung heroes of 1775
In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...
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‘Buried at a Critical Time in Our Country’s History,’ Four Revolutionary War-Era Cannons Unearthed in Glenmoore
Four massive Revolutionary War-era cannons that were cast at historic Warwick Furnace have been unearthed by the French & ...
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160 years later, what have we learned from America's Civil War?
On a sunny but crisp afternoon this spring, more visitors than you might think trekked on a weekday to Ball’s Bluff ...