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The nascent nation's leaders fled to the inland city as the British advanced on Philadelphia in September 1777. They held one meeting at the…
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Between 1924 and 1950, Georgia Tann placed more than 5,000 children—many of them seized from their parents without permission—with wealthy f…
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Much has changed since the publication debuted on September 18, 1851. What hasn't changed, staff members say, is the paper's mission
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Throughout history, humans around the world have employed protective talismans such as special stones, herbs and plants, and decorative demo…
From Del Boy’s rags-to-riches-to-rags tale to The Royle Family’s quiet revolution, Laura Minor explores how British sitcoms have portrayed w…
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Paul Greengrass' new film stars Andrew Garfield as a fictionalized, unnamed farmer who leads a rebellion against unfair taxes and the system…
An early medieval text describes rituals intended to protect pregnancies and address the loss of a child. Historian Elinor Cleghorn explains…
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The nascent country adopted its name 250 years ago, on September 9, 1776. Americans have debated the moniker ever since. One congressman eve…
Siddharth Kara tells the horrifying story of events on a slave ship – long mistakenly known as the Zong – which were to have consequences fa…
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David Bushnell developed the "Turtle" submersible as a student at Yale University. The vessel's attack on a British flagship failed, but the…
Nicola Tallis explores how Elizabeth I's reign was defined by constant threat, both at home and abroad
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When the gentlemen drivers of Britain’s Royal Automobile Club Volunteer Force shipped their roadsters and racers to face the Germans, they b…
Ian Mortimer guides Charlotte Vosper through the past 1,500 years of English history, viewed from the perspective of his own medieval home i…
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A direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson, Francis Lowell Coolidge was an agent with the Office of Strategic Services, a predecessor to the CI…
In the final episode of his guide to the Bayeux Tapestry, Dr David Musgrove considers the long and surprising afterlife – which included bru…
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As archaeologists study the work of ancient artists, they notice that the images aren’t simply static; some are painted into the contours of…
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While other activists aimed to take down Jim Crow in one fell swoop, the future Supreme Court justice compiled a series of wins that ultimat…
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In 1735, Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach commissioned a cottage called Merlin's Cave, which linked the German House of Hanover to both Brita…
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A new book by historian Nathaniel Philbrick makes the case that James Marshall’s 1848 discovery set in motion events from the Civil War to t…
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On August 23, 1944, a test flight over the village of Freckleton, located in northwest England, ended in disaster, claiming the lives of 61 …