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‘Gettysburg’ star Jeff Daniels unearths ancestral connection to battle
The actor, who won acclaim for his role as Joshua Chamberlain in "Gettysburg," found a personal connection to the event in PBS' 'Finding Your Roots.'
By Melissa A. Winn
Op-ed: How Christopher Columbus became an unlikely national symbol
The author pitches a darker view of the Italian adventurer than is taught in U.S. classrooms.
By William Francis Keegan, University of Florida
Feds: Navy officer sexually abused child
Now retired, the helicopter pilot also taught at the Naval War College.
Op-ed: How video games can bring history back to life
This is Gaminiscing 101, your introduction to how the tools of video games can be used to share personal history.
By Bob De Schutter, Miami University
Court overturns Navy officer’s sex crime convictions in boozy Rota incidents
The case was fraught with unreliable witnesses because most of the officers “were intoxicated to some degree."
By Navy Times staff
Warships sail to safety as Dorian looms
The Navy also issued an emergency evacuation order Wednesday evening for all non-essential active-duty service members and their families, activated reservists and civilian Department of Defense and Navy employees for a wide swath of coastal North Carolina.
By Navy Times staff
Quantico corpsman pleads not guilty in stabbing death of DC man
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Collin J. Potter was indicted on Aug. 20 with kidnapping, felony murder while armed and first degree sexual abuse while armed, among other charges.
By Shawn Snow
Hail, Lafayette!
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, had returned to America to ‘see for himself the fruit borne on the tree of liberty.’
By Ronald H. Bailey, HistoryNet.com
Will the Dutch ditch US-led Persian Gulf security ops?
Discussions about the possible security mission come after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of Tehran's nuclear deal.
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press
The last time the United States bought a chunk of the Arctic
Here's the skinny on Seward's Icebox.
By William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, University of Alaska Anchorage