Install
History
History explores people, places, ideas, conflicts, cultures, and technologies across eras — connecting primary sources and new scholarship to the stories that shape the world.
- 13 Subtopics
- 90 Topics below
- 5 Tracked terms
- Last 30 days Feed window
Inside History
What this topic collects on
An article joins this feed when it matches these terms. Each one is also a search of its own.
Latest in History
Roman roads centered more on Istanbul than Rome: Study
52+ min ago (722+ words) Augustus, ancient Rome's first emperor, placed a gilded monument called the Milliarium Aureum, or Golden Milestone, in the Roman Forum in 20 B.C. to mark the symbolic starting point for all roads in the sprawling empire. These roads indeed were the…...
After a munitions ship exploded in Halifax in 1917, Boston mobilized doctors, nurses and medical supplies and sent them north by train through a blizzard — more than a century later, Nova Scotia still sends Boston a giant Christmas tree each year in thanks
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (274+ words) One selfless telegraph operator's warning saved hundreds of lives—and created a debt of gratitude that an entire nation has honored for over a century....
In defense of Western civilization
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (508+ words) Perhaps some of you have read the monumental SPQR by Mary Beard, the work of a lifetime of research on ancient Rome. In her new book, the author places us inside the intimate core of that research, with a piece…...
Ethan Allen's brother backed the British. New VT history book tells why
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (587+ words) Amateur historian Glenn Fay Jr. gives a lecture about Levi Allen, the brother of Vermont's most famous Revolutionary War heroes, at the Ethan Allen Homestead on June 21, 2026. Most Vermonters probably hear the names Ethan and Ira Allen and recall a…...
The Hardest Day: 18 August 1940
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (1071+ words) by Connor Kerr | Sep 16, 2026 | Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt | 0 comments The Battle of Britain has a famous date, and it is 15 September. That is Battle of Britain Day, the climax, the one in the calendar. It is not the day that…...
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today... Saturday, September 16, 2006
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (55+ words) It Was Twenty Years Ago Today … Saturday, September 16, 2006 Longview News-Journal It Was Twenty Years Ago Today … Saturday, September 16, 2006 Published 5:15 am Wednesday, September 16, 2026 Drilling report: Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2026 Building permits: Aug. 28-Sept. 4, 2026 Two defendants in death of former Longview Lobo football player…...
American independence and the Overton Window
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (582+ words) By Michael J. Reitz This article originally appeared in The Detroit News July 14, 2026. America looks inevitable today, 250 years after the Declaration of Independence. But in the 15 years leading up to the Revolution, independence was anything but inevitable. In fact, our founders…...
Natural History Museum opens secret WWII gallery in London
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (72+ words) Secret London Step inside the Natural History Museum’s secret WWII gallery in London. This video explores a space hidden for 80 years, now the free Nature and Us exhibit. You can journey through centuries of human history and discover 4,000-year-old civilisations…...
Remembering 9/11 in Sulphur Springs
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (490+ words) The Hopkins County Marine Corps League and Hopkins County Military Coalition played large parts in 9/11 observances in Sulphur Springs on Friday, September 11, 2026. HCMC League's Judge Advocate Robert Kerr gave an address at both the 9 a.m. event and the 11 a.m. public events, held…...
Old Stone Schoolhouse tells Concord Township’s history
19+ hour, 46+ min ago (874+ words) While its days as a school building may be long past, Concord Township’s Old Stone Schoolhouse still has something to teach visitors about the community’s history. According to schoolhouse docent Dan Maxson, it was built in 1840 for $200 and is the…...