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World War II

World War II was the central event of the twentieth century. It involved all six major continents, all three of the great...

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1945 to the Present

No event proved more important to the course of modern American history than World War II. The war cast America onto the world stage as a...

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Exploration

We often speak of America as “unknown,” except to its own inhabitants, in the Middle Ages. But so, in a sense, was Europe, which hardly figured on the...

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When Christopher Columbus made his plans to sail westward across the Atlantic, he first set off across Europe to find sponsors. His brother Bartholomew went to the court of the English King Henry VII (who turned him down,...

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Empire Building

The years between the end of the Civil War, in 1865, and the end of the century witnessed rapid and far-reaching change in the economic and social life of the...

Omaha Beach, France, by Joseph Gary Sheahan, 1944. (US Army)

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D-Day or Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944

As dawn broke on June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion fleet became visible crossing the choppy waters of the English Channel to France. None of those who took part in D-Day, whether soldier, sailor, or airman, would ever forget the sight. It was by far the largest amphibious invasion force...

"Colored Man Is No Slacker," WWI poster, 1918 (GLC06134)

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From These Honored Dead: Memorial Day and Veterans Day in American History

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are...