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John McNeer January 9, 2019January 13, 2019 2 Comments

NEWS: 2,400 Year Old Greek Trading Vessel Discovered Intact 6,000 Feet under the Black Sea

Discovery of a Greek trading vessel that sank in 400 BC is the first intact Greek ship ever found. Learn more about the wreck and its role in Greek History and the Ancient World

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Commentary
John McNeer December 25, 2018December 25, 2018 0 Comments

Happy Holidays from History Arch 2018

Seasons greetings and thanks from historyarch.com

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American HistoryCommentaryModern World History
John McNeer December 9, 2018January 28, 2019 2 Comments

1983- The Year of Living Dangerously

1983: Cold War: 35 years ago, the world was dangerously close to the precipice of nuclear war and almost no one knew it.

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Ancient HistoryCommentaryNews
John McNeer November 8, 2018January 17, 2019 6 Comments

NEWS: Newly discovered Ramp in Ancient Egypt May Reveal Secrets About the Pyramids

Quarry ramp may reveal building techniques of Egypt’s Old Kingdom Great Pyramid at Giza

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CommentaryMedieval/Renaissance History
John McNeer August 9, 2018April 2, 2019 4 Comments Commentary, Medieval/Renaissance History

The Fall of Constantinople

New cannon technology deployed in the 1453 Ottoman siege of Constantinople ended the Byzantine Empire ushering in The Age of Gunpowder

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American HistoryCommentaryModern World History
John McNeer July 20, 2018September 15, 2018 2 Comments American History, Commentary, Modern World History

The Space Race in the Context of the Cold War

The historic Apollo 11 Mission and the Space Race in the context of the Cold War and the greater arc of history.

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American HistoryCommentary
John McNeer June 25, 2018August 10, 2018 1 Comment American History, Commentary

Interpreting Historic Art- Battle of Little Bighorn Drawing

battle of little big horn, custer’s last stand art

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CommentaryModern World History
John McNeer May 18, 2018August 12, 2018 7 Comments Commentary, Modern World History

Witold Pilecki’s Heroism in the Face of Unspeakable Evil

****Author’s Note:  This article is about the Holocaust.  I have refrained from posting some of the more graphic photographs, but

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American HistoryCommentary
John McNeer April 26, 2018August 26, 2019 0 Comments American History, Commentary

The Travails of Founding Jamestown

  The first settlers in Virginia struggled mightily to found Jamestown.  Soon after arriving, they encountered Native Americans from the

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American HistoryCommentaryModern World History
John McNeer April 13, 2018August 10, 2018 5 Comments American History, Commentary, Modern World History

The Louisiana Purchase and Unintended Consequences of the Haitian Slave Revolt

How the slave uprising on Santo Domingo resulted in the Louisiana Purchase

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Today’s Featured Event

Today’s Featured Event

330- Having reunited the Roman Empire and built his new city Constantinople, Emperor Constantine declares Constantinople to be the new capital of the Roman Empire. For other significant historical events from this date, please click on "Today in History."

Today’s Featured Birth

Today’s Featured Birth

1891- US politician Henry Morgenthau who served as Secretary of the Treasury for President Franklin Roosevelt. Morgenthau was a principle architect of the New Deal and the US Lend-Lease Program. He also set up the structure to finance the war effort in World War II, offering support to Nationalist China and assisting Jewish refugees. Morgenthau designed the plan (Morgenthau Plan) to convert post-war Germany into an agrarian state, stripping it of all arms industry. The US scrapped the Morgenthau Plan when it became apparent NATO would need a vibrant Germany to resist Soviet expansionism in Europe. For other significant births, please click on "Famous Births and Deaths" link in the menu above.

Today’s Featured Death

Today’s Featured Death

1778- English Prime Minister William Pitt, the Elder who led Britain to victory in the Seven Years War and supported Robert Clive’s conquest of India (“the crown jewel of the British Empire”) establishing Britain as a major world power.  Pitt also argued in Parliament for greater independence for colonists in America and attempted to prevent the passage of the Intolerable Acts.  When the French Fort Duquesne in western Pennsylvania was captured in 1758, it was re-named Fort Pitt and the city that grew up on the spot was named Pittsburgh.  For other significant deaths, please click on the "Famous Births and Deaths" link in the menu above.

Featured Art of the day: Born this week in 1746- Influential Spanish artist Francisco Jose de Goya: 3rd of May 1808

Featured Art of the day: Born this week in 1746- Influential Spanish artist Francisco Jose de Goya:  3rd of May 1808
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Featured Video of the Day: Born this week in 1945- Legendary US musician Lowell George, a founding member, vocalist, composer and lyricist of the rock band Little Feat and an influential and talented slide guitarist: Dixie Chicken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-GwdaKrn8

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