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| Title | Date published | ||
| Inside a Serial Killer's 'Murder Castle' | 2026-06-04 | ||
| How 'New Amsterdam' Became 'New York' | 2026-06-01 | ||
| Worst Siege of the Civil War: Vicksburg | 2026-05-28 | ||
| When Was the Revolutionary War Won? | 2026-05-25 | ||
| America's War Against Pirates | 2026-05-21 | ||
| King Phillip's War | 2026-05-18 | ||
| Annexation of Alaska | 2026-05-14 | ||
| The Quaker Who Put Penn in Pennsylvania | 2026-05-11 | ||
| Stonewall Jackson's Last Battle: Chancellorsville | 2026-05-07 | ||
| A Day in the Life of a Puritan | 2026-05-04 | ||
| George Washington's Spies | 2026-04-30 | ||
| Geronimo's Rebellion and the Apache Wars | 2026-04-27 | ||
| The Astors, The Gilded Age & The Building of New York | 2026-04-23 | ||
| Shays' Rebellion: An Honorable Rebellion? | 2026-04-20 | ||
| How to Escape Alcatraz | 2026-04-16 | ||
| When the Mormons Rebelled Against America | 2026-04-13 | ||
| The Origins of Chicago | 2026-04-09 | ||
| Nat Turner's Rebellion | 2026-04-06 | ||
| What Is The Kennedy Curse? | 2026-04-02 | ||
| The Trail of Tears | The Frontier | 2026-03-30 |