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War on the Run, now on sale.

JOHN ROSS HAS BROUGHT to electrifying life Maj. Robert Rogers, a man who has been even more forgotten than the war he fought. Yet Rogers is remarkably relevant to the wars we are fighting today. American Special Forces units operating along the murderous border of Afghanistan and Pakistan owe thanks to him for their training and manuals. The irregulars who routed the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 were another set of Rogers’s unwitting disciples.

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In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s and Henry Hudson’s exploration of New York—and their encounters with Lenape and Iroquoian peoples—the editors of American Heritage have selected the top historic sites along the watercourses they gave their names to.

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On the Web: Editors’ Picks

Noteworthy Senate debates throughout U.S. history

Letter Lincoln Wrote to Boy After Inauguration for Sale

Treasure trove of history found at SugarHouse site

Letter shows Revere’s sharp business sense

'Mighty Mo' undergoing $18M preservation

U.S. Navy to Honor Civil Rights Figure Medgar Evers

Washington: First in War, Peace -- and Accounting

October: A Month to Remember George C. Marshall


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 A Teaser from the Upcoming 60th Anniversary Issue
Posted by John F. Ross at 07:00 AM  EST
November 13, 2009

Just received a piece of artwork that we commissioned for our upcoming 60th Anniversary issue of American Heritage. It...


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How to Eat a Book
Posted by John F. Ross at 05:00 PM  EST
May 21, 2009

American Heritage's Editorial Assistant Madeline Kelty (seated in the picture) displayed unheralded skills when she baked...


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Baer designed an analog gaming control, above, which used two potentiometers to measure positions along the X and Y axes.The Father of Video Games

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Dozens of individuals, including Chicago Tribune journalist Clarence Page, above (right), brought family photographs to Maryland’s SilverDocs film festival to be scanned for the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion, a user-generated, web-based, and interactive archive of African-American photography, which producer Thomas Allen Harris, above (left), believes will bring hidden and forgotten history to light.Digital History Review: Get Out Your Photographs!

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Bataan.Surviving Bataan

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Rogers Rangers.Wilderness Ordeal

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A cigarette factory in Danville, Virginia, June 1911.
A cigarette factory in Danville, Virginia, June 1911.
 
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Today in History
November 20

1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis ends, as President John F. Kennedy lifts the naval quarantine around Cuba.

1945: The Nuremberg Trials begin.

1888: The time clock is patented by W. L. Bundy, in New York.

1789: New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

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July 20, 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, during which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the Moon. The last lunar manned mission was 35 years ago. Should the U.S. continue to fund manned space missions?
The U.S. should build a manned space station on the Moon.
It was a waste of money then, and it will be now.
Let’s get out of this paralyzing economic crunch first.
Space – The Final Frontier!


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Quote of the Day
November 20

"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong."

—R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor


     
 
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