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Continue reading →: Fire In Manhattan
It is late March 1911, and the city of Manhattan New York is enjoying another beautiful Saturday afternoon, but before the day is over, the city will witness one of the deadliest fires in its history. The triangle shirtwaist company employs nearly 500 people mostly young immigrant women. The company…
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Continue reading →: A Pirates Tale
The year is 1715 and Sam Bellamy has landed in Cape Cod. Young Sam has no idea he is to become the wealthiest pirate during the golden age of piracy. Sam hails from Great Britain and as a former Royal Navy sailor he is no stranger to the rigors of…
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Continue reading →: How a Fake Army Ensured the Success of an Invasion
It is late 1943, the big three of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin are set to meet for the first time in Tehran, Iran. The objective is to discuss the next stages of the war against Germany and Japan. In Early 1943, the Russians had secured a major victory halting the…
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Continue reading →: The Strange Battle at the Castle Itter
It is May 1945; Hitler is dead, and the allied forces are closing in on Berlin. The Russians from the East, the Americans and British from the west. In a matter of days, the war in Europe will be over and the rebuilding can begin. Before the war is over,…
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Continue reading →: George Washington’s Leadership Proves Invaluable once Again
It is mid-March 1783 and the officers of the continental army have called an emergency meeting in Newburgh, New York to discuss an uncomfortable situation due to lack of support from the continental Congress. Primarily, the lack of pay and provisions an army needs to survive. For too many of…
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Continue reading →: Premonition or Coincidence?
Did Abraham Lincoln predict his own death? According to his former law partner and longtime friend Ward Hill Lamon, he did. As the story goes, Lincoln shared a dream he had with Lamon, his wife Mary, and some key cabinet members just days before the assassination in April of 1865. …
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Continue reading →: How a Brief Case changed the course of a war.
It is August 1940 and war rages over the continent of Europe. Nazi Germany has all but taken control of the European continent. A lone holdout stands in Germany’s way of complete supremacy throughout the region and that is Great Britain. For the better part the summer, war has raged…
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Continue reading →: Madam President or Devoted Wife?
The day is 2 October 1919 and President Woodrow Wilson lays in bed, mouth drooping and unconscious. The President has suffered a stroke. The outlook doesn’t look good, Wilson is having trouble speaking and the left side of his body is paralyzed. Current medical practices suggest that the only cure…
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