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The first officially formed regiment of northern black soldiers who fought in the Civil War was formed after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and consisted mostly of free men.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration.
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Orphans of the Storm
In the summer of 1940, 10,000 children were sent from wartime Britain to the United States.
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Love in the Cold War
An American Communist family that had fled to Moscow in the late 1920s, return to America in 1935 but can not bring their 5-year-old son.
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Victory in the Pacific
The decisions made by leaders and the escalation of bloodletting that finally ended World War II.
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The Fall of Saigon
Ten years after American troops arrived in South Vietnam, communists seized Saigon in an attack that brought the war to a startling conclusion.
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America and the Holocaust
The U.S. government's response to the Holocaust was slow and fueled by complex social and political factors.
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Jesse James
America's Robin Hood who robbed not only the rich but the poor and defenseless as well, always saving the treasure for himself. Part of the Wild West collection.
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FDR
Franklin Roosevelt restored hope after the Great Depression and led the nation during World War II. Part of the award-winning Presidents collection.
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