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History Highlights — 51 episodes
Insights01 - Novel update
St. Patrick's Day
The 1932 "Bonus Army" vs. Herbert Hoover
Jacqueline Kennedy
The 14th Amendment
Gertrude Stein
Architect Cyrus Eidlitz and the New York Times Building in Times Square
New York's ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Orson Welles, Voodoo, and Macbeth
Pioneer Day -- History Highlights
The Ice Cream Cone -- History Highlights with Bill Wiemuth
Cleveland, Ohio
Ernest Hemingway
First Battle of Bull Run -- Civil War
Lucy the Elephant and other bizarre roadside attractions
John Muir -- Naturalist, Conservationist, Writer
The Seneca Falls Convention and the campaign for women's voting rights.
Ty Cobb the Georgia Peach and baseball legend
John Paul Jones -- Revolutionary War Hero
"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" and Walter Evans
General John Pershing
The early days of Cowboy Culture and Owen Wister
Frank Sinatra - The Chairman of the Board - Ol' Blue Eyes
Henry David Thoreau
The Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton duel
Jelly Roll Morton
A legendary Alaskan shootout
Sliced Bread and Satchel Paige
P. T. Barnum
July 1 -- Stamps, Gettysburg, and Rough Riders
June 27 -- Smithsonian Institution -- today in history
June 25 -- Rosie the Riveter -- Custer's Last Stand -- today in history
June 24 -- The Space Age -- today in history
June 23 -- Texas annexation -- today in history
June 22 -- Wilhelmena and Harry Houdini -- today in history
Robert Penn Warren about history
June 19 -- "Juneteenth" -- Today in History
June 18 -- War of 1812
June 17 -- The Battle of Bunker Hill
June 16 -- Army Corps of Engineers
June 14 -- Flag Day
Oregon Trail - An introduction
Lewis and Clark -- Chief Sheheke
Lewis and Clark -- George Drouillard
The Astorians -- Edward Aymes
Lewis and Clark -- Mosquitoes
Meriwether Lewis' account of violence with the Blackfeet.
Arlington National Cemetery - Today in History for May 13
An update on our goals and progress
Lewis and Clark -- Patrick Gass May 14, 1804 departure journal entry
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