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To The Flag | June 1971

Invented as part of a magazine promotional scheme in 1892, the Pledge of Allegiance has had a controversial career right from the start Read >>

Morning Greetings To Old Glory | June 1971

A personal reminiscence by our regular contributor Francis Russell Read >>

The Untold Delights Of Duluth | June 1971

A few dazzling words about that emerging metropolis, delivered in 1871 by Congressman J. Proctor Knott. Edited for 1971 visitors by David G. McCullough Read >>

Untitled Frontispiece | June 1971

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Whistle Talk | August 1971

Locomotive whistles had a language all their own Read >>

Postscripts To History | August 1971

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A Parting Shot | August 1971

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Old Campaigners | August 1971

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Pearl Harbor, 1899 | August 1971

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It Ran In The Family | August 1971

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The Last Voyage | August 1971

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The Last Stone Age American | August 1971

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Letter From The Editor | August 1971

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Men of the Revolution: 1. Dr. Joseph Warren | August 1971

Warren took the lead in creating the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Refusing to leave Boston like the other radical leaders, he died in the fighting on Breed's Hill in 1775 Read >>

Thomas Jefferson And Maria Cosway | August 1971

It was a romance in which the statesman found his Head at war with his Heart Read >>

A Black Cadet At West Point | August 1971

One morning Cadet Johnson Whittaker was found battered and bleeding, trussed to his barracks bed. Who had done it, and why? Read >>

“Big Jim” Farley: The True-blue Democrat | August 1971

One of FDR's closest aides remembers "the Boss" and a lifetime in politics. Read >>

Professor Cope Vs. Professor Marsh | August 1971

A bitter feud among the bones Read >>

Shoot-out In Burke Canyon | August 1971

The Idaho mine war broke into flame in 1892 and cast a glare with very long shadows Read >>

My Friend Garfield | August 1971

One summer brought excitement and glory to the young secretary of a political leader. How could he know that the next one would brim with tragedy? Read >>

Growing Up In Newport | August 1971

A Brush with the Law & OTHER OFF-SEASON ADVENTURES, or Read >>

Once More On To The Beach | August 1971

Pilgrims and Puritans, naturally, hated the water, but by the turn of the century certain pleasures had been rediscovered Read >>

By Beautiful Sea | August 1971

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Americans As Guerrilla Fighters: Robert Rogers And His Rangers | August 1971

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As Wilmot Proviso Was Saying To Legal Tender … | August 1971

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Disaster In Bari | October 1971

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