"Rallies, Repulses, and 'Villainous Falsehoods'" is an excerpt from a new book by Marc H. Abrams, 'Sioux War Dispatches: Reports from the Field, 1874–1877.'
Read More'War Stories: World War II Firsthand - D-Day, The Campaign Across France' won an Independent Publisher Book Award, Silver, in the History - World History category.
Read MoreThe War of 1812 is sometimes called America’s forgotten war, overshadowed by other conflicts in American history. It isn’t going to be forgotten during its bicentennial. The national launch of the War of 1812 bicentennial takes place in June with a week-long event in the Baltimore region and Chesapeake Bay area. Dubbed the Star-Spangled Sailabration, its special features will include an international maritime festival with tall ships on the water and a Star-Spangled Air Show featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. Several free public ship tours will be available over the course of the event. Overture For 2012, a new symphony composed by world-renowned musician and Baltimore native Philip Glass, will have its world debut June 17, performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. And for collectors, the U.S. Mint has issued two special coins, one gold and one silver. For more information, go to http://www.starspangled200.com/events_list and...
Read MoreArmchair General will again support the 17th annual William E. Colby Military Writers’ Symposium, to be held at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont on 11-12 April 2012.
Read MoreAuthor, actor and director Dale Dye, Captain, USMC, ret., sends Armchair General an update from his latest trip to Iwo Jima with a group of returning World War II veterans.
Read MoreOn Park Day, March 31, 2012, volunteer some time at a national Civil War park or local historical site to help with painting, clean up, or a host of other one-day jobs.
Read MoreAmerican Public University is partnering with the National Park Service at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, to offer a three-credit summer graduate course focusing on the second year of the Civil War, 1862.
Read MoreArmchair General received this media release from the World War One Historical Association. The 100th anniversary of The Great War starts in two years. The World War One Historical Association blog is up and running with articles, reviews and photos then and now. Go to ww1ha.wordpress.com. You can also find us on...
Read MoreAuthor and historian Carlo D'Este highlights this year's military history symposiums held on beautiful Lido Key in Sarasota, Florida.
Read MoreWriter Peter Suciu reports on the highlights of 2012 Show of Shows (SOS) in Louisville, Kentucky -- one of the largest militaria shows in the country.
Read More'A Nightmare's Prayer,' (Threshold Editions, 2010), the first Afghanistan memoir ever to be published by a Marine Harrier pilot, has been selected as the winner of the 2012 William E. Colby Award.
Read MoreLinks to a site that features day-by-day information and war diaries of World War II navies, with an emphasis on Britain's Royal Navy.
Read More'War Stories: D-Day - The Campaign Across France,' blends memories from WW2 veterans of many nations into a well-researched narrative of events, supplemented by photographs and original maps.
Read MoreFrancis Gary Powers, Jr., the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Cold War Museum, highlights the 50th anniversary of the spy exchange between U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and Soviet spy Rudolph Abel on the Glienicker Bridge in Potsdam, Germany.
Read MoreA photo essay of the Fort Canning Museum and Memories at the Old Ford Factory Museum in Singapore that preserve the city's World War II history.
Read MoreThe action-thriller Act of Valor used active-duty U.S. Navy SEALS and live ammunition during filming to create a more intense movie.
Read MoreIwo Jima veterans need assistance to return to the island for a March 2012 reunion.
Read MoreRetired US Army Major General David Zabecki, Ph.D., senior historian of the Weider History Group, named to the Leo A. Shifrin Chair in Naval and Military History at the Naval Academy History Department.
Read MoreWriter Peter Suciu highlights some of the best Military Heritage Sites of interest to Armchair General readers in Prague, Czech Republic.
Read MoreWriter John Ingoldsby describes a meeting between some of the nation’s top 90 high school football ‘heroes’ and some real life Army ‘heroes’ prior to the U.S. Army All American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas.
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