121 years ago, a train carrying mostly German and Polish immigrants fell into the Richelieu River in Beloeil, Quebec, Canada. 99 people were killed in what became the worst railway accident in Canadian history.
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Who is your favorite ‘forgotten’ figure from American history, and why should more people know about them?
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Mine would be Huey P. Long, known as “The Kingfish.” As govern ...View More
26 years ago, Antiguan politician Sir Vere C. Bird passed away. Bird was named a national hero of Antigua and Barbuda and served as the country’s first prime minister.
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The Red Baron and Early Flyboys During WWI
To celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended WWI on June 28, 1919, author Tom C ...View More
This is the last prepared speech of Franklin D. Roosevelt's life, which honors Thomas Jefferson, "an American citizen of the world" on Jefferson Day, 1945 (Jefferson's birthday, April 13). President Roosevelt died only a day before he was to give this speech at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial:
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“We Owe Them Recognition.” On Recovering and Preserving Mexico’s Trans History
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Inti Raymi: The Incan Celebration of the Andean New Year
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A Defense of Duels
Duels in the Middle Ages occurred on many occasions. While authorities did not usually ...View More
The Peninsula Campaign and The Seven Days Battles: Part 1
The American Civil War had a number of critical junctures in 1862. Here, Lloyd W. Klein ...View More
History Reads: July 2025
Now with a new afterword. Lucie Blackman—tall, blond, twenty-one years old—stepped out into the vast ...View More
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