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  In a period of only about 100 years, Athens went from relative obscurity, to becoming an influential ...

  One of the most famous stories to come out of World War I is that of the "Christmas Truce" of 1914, in ...

  When you think of the Navy SEALs, you think of elite special operators who have been tasked with ...

  In 1872, a group of men that included future Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., father ...

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  If asked to think about the greatest generals of the ancient world, one name is likely to come to mind ...

  If you have any interest in World War II, then you've surely seen one of the most arresting ...

  When Americans think about their country's Founding Fathers, they tend to think of them as cool and ...

  Seventy-six years years after the end of World War II, that singular event continues to capture our ...

  for knowing the death which was about to come upon them by reason of those who were going round the ...

  Quick, think of a famous magician. Dimes to donuts, you just thought of Harry Houdini. Though ...

  Romanticism, not in terms of courtship and bouquets of roses, but as a ...

  When choosing among options like becoming a leader, helping others, and becoming more spiritual, half ...

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  Performances by the actor Steve McQueen in classic films like The Great ...

  Looked at from the heat of combat, war can seem disorganized and chaotic. But ...

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  Today, it's hard to go very long without hearing about special operations forces like the Army's Green ...

These famous speeches lifted hearts in dark times, gave hope in despair, refined the characters of men, ...