Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima: Behind the Photo
No, it wasn't staged. The photographer says he just got lucky.
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La Llorona: The Ghost That Crossed Borders
Where the Rio Grande snakes between borders and generations, the weeping spirit of La Llorona drifts through time, her cries echoing not just from the banks of Mexican rivers, but from the shattered cosmologies of the Aztec world.
Who Said It?
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
-Isaac Newton
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How 3 Colonial Towns Shaped the Course of US History
Few places in the United States rival the legacy of the three Virginia towns: Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown.
What School Was Like in the 13 Colonies
Standards of education varied widely, and corporal punishment was the norm.
How an Enslaved Man-Turned-Spy Helped Secure Victory at the Battle of Yorktown
James Armistead provided critical intel to the Continental Army as a double agent during the Revolutionary War.
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Explore surprising facts about America’s first permanent English settlement.
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The 1st Rhode Island Regiment broke barriers in the Revolutionary War as the first predominantly Black unit in the Continental Army.
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