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Historian’s mission of preserving history through war letters
On “This Week,” ABC News’ Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz reports on a couple who collect war letters.
The Hunt for a 316-Year-Old Stradivarius Stolen in the Fog of War
As Germany devolved into chaos at the end of World War II, a rare violin from the famed shop of Italian luthier Antonio ...
The unwinnable war America's Founding Fathers fought and won changed human history forever
The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...
Kurt Russell visits Massachusetts site of ancestor’s Revolutionary War death
Renowned American actor Kurt Russell spent part of his July 4th visiting the Arlington house where his eighth ...
A Defiant Iran Draws on the Lessons of an Earlier War
The brutal fight against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq four decades ago shaped Tehran’s approach to the recent war and guides its ...
Loxahatchee Seminole battlefield important, if uncomfortable, part of U.S., Florida history
The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...
Adding The Flavor Of History To Your Fourth Of July Celebration
We celebrate the Declaration of Independence as the “opening act” for a series of “main events” that laid the foundation of ...
War of words over big bill intensifies between Musk, Trump
The war of words between billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts ...
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: BBB Would Make ICE "Largest Federal Law Enforcement Agency In The History Of The Nation"
The budget bill just passed by the Senate provides more than $170 billion in new funding for immigration enforcement and ...
A hero of World War II, new Whittier centenarian lauded for his ‘American heart’
He was always a proud American, even when his country locked him up. A World War II hero celebrates 100 years and says his ...
‘A defiant stand’: histories of Australia’s frontier wars are revealing their true complexity, but there’s more to be done
Australian military history is still unsure how to represent the frontier wars. Uprising contests most histories, describing ...
Trio of San Francisco Giants Pitchers Set to Make Franchise History as All-Stars
Logan Webb, Robbie Ray and Randy Rodríguez were each named All-Stars, slotting them into the Giants' history books alongside Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and others.