History Magazine

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• Locked up

  

  After it has closed for the day, the Tower of London looks extremely forbidding - and with good reason. It was built as a fortress to protect the monarch from... Read more

  The 22 March 2012 by   Carolineld
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• Cycling Propaganda Posters

  

  This week's assignment in my digital illustration class was to create a propaganda poster. I've wanted to launch a car-demonizing/pro-cycling fear campaign for ... Read more

  The 22 March 2012 by   Forevermelody
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• GUEST BLOGGER David Taylor on the War of 1812 - Before the SEALs: When America...

  

  This print by T. Buttersworth depicts the January 1815 battle between President and Endymion that led to the capture of Commodore John Rodgers’ cherished... Read more

  The 21 March 2012 by   Kena
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• The Near Annihilation Of America's Buffalo In Pictures

  

  image credit Not so very long ago they ruled the North American plains from Canada down to Mexico, and as far east as the western boundary of the Appalachian... Read more

  The 18 March 2012 by   Gerard
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• "Bus Good, Train Bad"

  

  by ConroyRendering of a "future" high-speed rail train in CaliforniaSometimesexciting ideas are bad. Take the title quote, which I read in a recent Bloomberg... Read more

  The 15 March 2012 by   Conroy
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• A History of Sandwiches

  

  image credit While Arby's may have one of the most famous Reubens now, its actual origin is one of the most widely disputed in sandwich history. Along with the... Read more

  The 15 March 2012 by   Gerard
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• The Legend of the Shamrock

  

  With St. Patrick's Day around the corner, I decided to share the legend of the shamrock with you! This will give you something to think about while drinking... Read more

  The 14 March 2012 by   Nclark
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• Keep Calm and Carry on Poster

  

  Keep calm; it’s only a poster (or is it?). In the spring of 1939, as England was staring at imminent war with Germany, somebody in the dark rooms of the ministr... Read more

  The 13 March 2012 by   Vecie78
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• Stone Age Cartoons

  

  More than 1,000 rock carvings abound on Kanozero Island in Northern Russia. One of them beats The Flintstones by several millennia. Usually, featured objects ar... Read more

  The 11 March 2012 by   Gerard
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• How The Allies Scammed The Nazi Postal Service

  

  image credit 1,2 On February 5, 1945, a German train made its way to the city of Linz. Suddenly, Allied planes swooped in, dropping bombs and derailing it. As... Read more

  The 08 March 2012 by   Gerard
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