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5 World War I-Era Tips for Celebrating Thanksgiving in Strange Times

Thanksgiving Day menu from November 1917 at Fort D. A. Russell in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

5 World War I-Era Tips for Celebrating Thanksgiving in Strange Times

10 Surprising Facts About Band of Brothers

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10 Surprising Facts About Band of Brothers

The Kansas Shoe Salesman Responsible for Veterans Day

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The Kansas Shoe Salesman Responsible for Veterans Day

All Military Veterans and Gold Star Families Can Now Visit National Parks for Free

Yellowstone National Park

All Military Veterans and Gold Star Families Can Now Visit National Parks for Free

11 Things to Remember This Veterans Day

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What's the Difference Between Memorial Day and Veterans Day?

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When Woodrow Wilson Caught the 1918 Flu During a Pandemic, But Hid It From the Public

President Woodrow Wilson photographed in good health.

Why Do We Have Daylight Saving Time?

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When Europe's First Female Orchestra Conductor Foiled the Nazis While Defying Gender Expectations

Frieda Belinfante (left) and Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans, her then-partner.

10 Revolutionary Facts About Abbie Hoffman

Abbie Hoffman visiting the University of Oklahoma to protest the Vietnam War.

10 Fascinating Facts About the Chicago Seven

Jeremy Strong and Sacha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).

This Video From 1923 Shows a U.S. Biplane Creating a Smoke Screen to Conceal Itself in Open Waters

Navy planes creating smoke screens during the 1920s.

The Queen’s Guard May Have to Give Up Their Iconic Bearskin Hats

Can you tell that this is real bear fur?

The Civil War Beginnings of America’s Absentee Ballots

An 1864 illustration by William Waud of Union soldiers voting in Pennsylvania.

The 1851 Christiana Resistance: The Forgotten First Shots of the Civil War

The 1851 Christiana Riot put the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on trial.

Recently Declassified Soviet Video Shows the Biggest Nuclear Explosion in History

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