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Author Andrew Polsky talked about the wartime decisions of several U.S. Presidents, from Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama.All U.S. presidents, regardless of their background, serve as commanders-in-chief of the ..

It is most certainly the most stressful job in the free world, but never has an American president been as self absorbed and narcissistic as President Barack Obama.

We are hearing a multitude of broadcasts, blogs, and stories about Mandela. Hosts fill their alloted time with stories of Mandela, and cannot help but slip into comparisons with modern politicians.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESSBraxton Bragg resigned after losing Chattanooga to the Union army.

The aftershocks of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. in 2001 linger to this day, well beyond the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Stockton Black Leadership Council announces its 10th Annual Emancipation Proclamation Celebration on January 1st to celebrate 151 years of freedom from slavery in America.

Dec. 07--When you watch, or rewatch, the smash hit "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," keep an eye out for the dancer shoved aside by the garish Effie Trinket .

Profiles in History run by Joe Maddalena is proud to announce The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector Part lll.

"O Come, All Ye Faithful", "Rise Up Shepherd and Follow", Get Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen", "O Christmas Tree", and get this, "Maryland, My Maryland".

When I was coming of age in the late 1970s, as an African-American high-schooler and college student, I had two certainties: Nelson Mandela would die in prison in apartheid South Africa and no black person would become U.S. president in my lifetime.

Unbowed by Politico labeling her with this epithet a couple of weeks ago, Michelle Obama continues to do what her critics regard as frightening behaviors.

It was about 18 degrees Friday at Plainfield Central High School, where a group of U.S. History students stood outside in the cold and heard an American G.I. scream, "They're coming!" The students were witnessing a re-enactment of the famous Battle of the Bulge in World War II, fought in the winter of 1944-45.

Yep, the Narcissist-In-Chief has done it again. The respected and beloved leader of South Africa - Nelson Mandela - passed away.

Dismay is too strong a word, certainly, but I was alarmed - no, that's not quite right either.

The Associated Press reported 150 years ago this week in the Civil War that Confederate Lt.

Nelson Mandela worked his magic once more on Friday, uniting friends and foes alike in a global outpouring of grief as they mourned the death of the anti-apartheid icon.

Presidential son, Robert Lincoln and wife Mary and their daughters, Mamie and Jessie all played the piano and organ.

A new exhibit exploring Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Constitutional issues opens today at the Branigan Cultural Center.

Schaja Kleinberg of Oak Park, whose life was saved during the Nazi Holocaust when his name was added to Schindler's list, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, of a cardiac arrest.