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Wright Brothers first flight

A Revolution in the Air: The Wright Brothers Take to the Sky on December 17, 1903

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Absurdity Day Picture

Having a Drink With Your Donkey: The Absurd in Antiquity

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Photo of Dick Cheney

I knew Dick Cheney. I worked with Dick Cheney. He was no Darth Vader.

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Photo of Joan Kennedy, By Dan Hadani collection

From Camelot Dream to Nightmare: The Life of Joan Kennedy (As captured by UVA’s Miller Center)

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Sputnik

Sputnik and the Space Race

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Robert Redford image

I’m a political scientist. Here’s what Robert Redford taught me about politics.

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Celebrating the 109th Birthday of the National Park Service

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National League of Women Voters hold up signs reading, 'VOTE', Sept. 17, 1924.

Women and the Right to Vote: The 19th Amendment was a Turning Point in American History

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The Army Seal

Happy 250th Birthday: The Birth of the Army on June 14, 1775 Was Critical to the Creation of the United States

Fred L. Borch

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A black and white of people waiting in a bread line from the Great Depression, a part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.

The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself

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Jimmy Carter

From “Jimmy Who?” to “What Would Jimmy Do?”

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Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware" painting

Washington’s Bold Gamble: Christmas Day 1776

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U.S. flag hanging in Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery

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President John F. Kennedy signs the Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba

The Cuban Missile Crisis: What Happened and How Close Were We to War?

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Youngest parader in New York City suffragist parade

Women’s Equality Day: 104 Years of Voting Rights and the Road Ahead

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Mushroom Cloud of Atom Bomb exploded over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945

A Retrospective on the Controversial Use of the Atomic Bomb, 80 Years Later

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