Early Works: Anselm Kiefer – a 'visceral' exhibition
In 1969, a 24-year-old art student called Anselm Kiefer decided to confront "the amnesia of West Germany's postwar identity" ...
North Texas family shares previously unseen photos of WWII atrocities
"They didn't talk about it and so we didn't ask," Gary Greenwood said of his father's WWII memories and photos. "I sure wish I had now." ...
You might be surprised why George Washington created our first military medal
In 1782, as the Revolutionary War was winding down and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington came up ...
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In 19th-Century America, Two ‘Christian Nations’ Took Up Arms
Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...
Nose Art: A Brief History Of The Personalized Painted Planes Of WW2
From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...
On This Day: New Yorker magazine published for 1st time
In 1925, the first issue of The New Yorker was published. In 1934, Nicaraguan guerrilla leader Cesar Augusto Sandino was killed by members of the country's national guard.