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The Ten Best History Books of 2025

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today ...
If you love stories, you will love travel that comes with a guide and a good timeline. The best... The post 14 Best ...
December 8 marks the day when former US President Franklin D Roosevelt made the declaration of war against Japan before Congress. It’s also on this day that former Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin ...
On December 7, 1941, a group of fighter planes from Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. The bombing led to the ...
City and county officials, state representatives, and community leaders gathered at the Heinz History Center to unveil a ...
Elections are the foundation of representative democracy. Your right to have a say at the ballot box was paid for with blood on foreign battlefields, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and debated endlessly ...
America at 250 could look at the best examples of public service—public service in which the governmental institution expired ...
On this day in 1981, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union open talks to reduce their ...
A historic ocean liner will become the world's largest artificial reef after it's sunk off Florida's Gulf Coast early next year. Video above: Coverage from February of the SS United States' last ...