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This story originally appeared in the July 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. The War of 1812 is often overlooked, especially ...

With Napoleon focused on Russia, Wellington saw his moment. At Salamanca, he delivered a crushing blow that changed the ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland — During sweaty summer months, Abraham Lincoln often decamped about 3 miles (5 kilometers) north of the ...

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has admitted for the first time that his country had security failures in the war against Israel. "The security shortcomings that became apparent during the war ...

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Renowned American actor Kurt Russell spent part of his July 4th visiting the Arlington house where his eighth great-grandfather was butchered to death by British soldiers in a battle that kicked of… ...

But across the burgeoning nation, observations didn’t become commonplace until after the War of 1812.