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"Chancellorsville" Second Ed. - by Gen. Edward J. Stackpole

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"Day in Infamy" - FDR Changes to First Draft of Speech
President Roosevelt's first choice of words, in his famous December 8th speech, was not "day in infamy."  This facsimile, of his marked-up draft, reveals the original sentence began:  "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in world history ...Click on the image for a better v...
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"Kitchener's Army" Poster

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"Last Man Out" Book Cover

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"Magic" Code - Background of Pearl Harbor
The following summarizes conversations between diplomats during the immediate time before Pearl Harbor was bombed. SUMMARY OF THE HULL-NOMURA CONVERSATIONS        Relations between the United States and Japan were growing worse rapidly by the middle of February 19...
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"The Smoothbore Volley that Doomed the Confederacy"

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"To Arms" Newspaper Article

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1704 Penal Codes

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1704 Penal Codes

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18th-Century Children Playing Base Ball
The First Worcester Edition of A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy, and Pretty Miss Polly includes this picture and description of eighteenth-century base ball.Click on the image to view an expanded version.
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