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As Adams and Jefferson died, America came of age Read >>

Ne’er-do-wells and deserters, these soldiers lived hard, fought hard— and died when they saw a flag go up Read >>

Theodore Roosevelt, his widow recalled, watched Lincoln’s funeral from his grandfather’s house Read >>

The restlessness of Vermonters, says a native son, peopled many other states—but a solid core remains Read >>

How Baron von Steuben used a tough winter to make a solid army out of a collection of untrained volunteers Read >>

Some old myths die in this new study of his West Indies childhood Read >>

Thomas Morton liked the lush country, the Indians liked Thomas—and the stern Puritans cared little for either Read >>

It was tough going, but the road over the Sierras could be used by men who understood how to travel Read >>

An Excerpt from The Last Full Measure Read >>

Lincoln painstakingly evolved a plan for harmonious reconstruction of the Union, which Radical Republicans moved to sabotage Read >>

New light on the tragic case of a President’s widow who saw her own son as a hated enemy Read >>