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When a Cave Became a Tomb in Canyon de Chelly
The story of a Spanish attack on the Navajo in the American Southwest.
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Kieft's War: The Forgotten Conflict That Shaped Colonial America
The conflict that broke out in 1643 was a foreshadowing of the violence to come in the New World.
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The Speech Eisenhower Never Had to Give
The D-Day invasion was a big gamble that paid off for the Allies. However, had it failed, the world would look much different. Eisenhower knew this and…
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May 2025

The First Public Hangings in New Mexico
The pursuit for retribution for the Taos Revolt didn't stop at St. Jerome Church. American settlers were set on seeing justice.
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The Siege of St. Jerome
In part 3 of our series, we visit the American's thirst for retribution at Taos Pueblo and the St. Jerome Church.
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Tensions Boil Over in Taos
Part 2: The rising tension between locals and the new American government boils over into violence in the tranquil town of Taos.
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The Battle That Wasn't
Part 1 of our series on American expansion into New Mexico. Kearney's Army of the West was prepared for brutal violence as they approached Apache…
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Operation PLUTO - An Ingenious Fuel Pipeline Across the English Channel
When invading Europe, the life blood of the invading Allied forces was fuel. Engineers set to work on ensuring there'd be enough fuel on hand to win the…
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April 2025

Seizing Control of the Skies Over Europe
The remarkable transformation of this fighter plane that changed the tide of aerial warfare in World War II.
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Then You Hope to Be a Widow
After Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln offered ominous foreshadowing to Elizabeth Custer after she told him she "hoped that her husband always charges."
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The Controversial Decision at Monte Cassino
As the Allied march to Rome stalled at Monte Cassino, a fateful decision to bomb a historic monastery in 1944 remains a controversial and contested…
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The Ominous Foresight of Henry Stimson
The statesman whose prophetic predictions that a future conflict would leave the West in ruins came true in 1939.
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