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Featured Articles
Remembering Flight 93: “Okay. Let’s Roll!”
Author: James Reston Jr., Richard Whittle
On that fateful flight, American heroes and the accidents of history combined to save the US Capitol from likely total destruction.
Witness at the World Trade Center
Author: Todd Stone
An artist in lower Manhattan recalls how he watched the Twin Towers fall, then spent years honoring the lives lost.
George Washington on September 11, 1776
Author: Karin Abarbanel
The World Trade Center attack wasn’t the first time New York was brutally assaulted — 225 years before, George Washington watched the city burn from his headquarters in northern Manhattan after painful military defeats.
Monument Men Hunt for Masterpieces
Author: Charles Dellheim
The Nazis had stolen many of the recovered works from prominent Jewish collectors, raising lingering questions of restitution.
Hemingway and the Hooligan Navy on Patrol
Author: Timothy Gay
With U-boats sinking dozens of ships each month, Hemingway, Bogart, and other citizens tried to help patrol American waters.
Afghanistan and the Lessons of History
Author: Mac Mcphail
The great historian Donald Kagan, who passed away this month, reminded us that we can often see into the future by studying the past.
Dr. Joyce Brothers Beats the System
Author: J.M. Fenster
An enormous scandal erupted when it was discovered that contestants on TV quiz shows were often given answers. Did the famed psychologist also cheat when she won The $64,000 Question?
Disaster Hits American Heritage
Author: Edwin S. Grosvenor
Hurricane Ida flooded our office and caused enormous damage.