Politics and Military
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1.9KZouaves and Contrabands: Winslow Homer’s Civil War
Before the Civil War broke out, a military fashion craze from North Africa took hold of the United States. Men, women and...
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3.4KNew Haven’s Center Church Crypt, the Puritan City of the Dead
In the basement of an old Congregational church on New Haven Green lies a small city of the dead. One hundred thirty...
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2.9KThe Mashpee Nine and the Fight Over Cape Cod Land
On the moonless night of July 29, 1976, a group of young Mashpee Wampanoag men sat around a campfire, talking quietly. Some...
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4.4KThe Other Side of the Boston Tea Party
Every story has two sides, and the other side of the Boston Tea Party is rarely told. But the merchants responsible for...
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3.3KJohn Revelstoke Rathom, the Phony Who Propagandized the U.S. Into War
It was November 1915, and the Great War in Europe was in its second year. But the German ambassador to the United...
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7.0KCaptain Cook’s Endeavour, World-Famous Ship, Scuttled in Newport Harbor and Forgotten
On Feb. 3, 2022, Americans probably wondered why an argument broke out between Australian and American maritime experts over the possible discovery...
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