This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: Reuters
1-15-14
The LBJ Library is locking horns with the Air Force Museum over LBJ's Air Force One.
Source: The Telegraph
1-16-14
Two new pieces of research into the First World War claim that previous figures for the conflict's death toll and the numbers who suffered from shell shock have been vastly underestimated.
Source: The Guardian
1-16-14
From exhibitions and concerts to a movie and football match, a host of events will take place to commemorate anniversary.
Source: Washington Post
1-15-14
Nearly 16,000 pieces of art are awaiting the opening of the National Museum of the United States Army.
Source: Phys.org
1-15-14
The newly-discovered pharaoh Senebkay ruled 3,700 years ago.
Source: NBC News
1-15-14
New findings suggest corpses of defeated gladiators fed to dogs.
Source: The Guardian
1-15-14
Karl Habsburg-Lothringen says major powers were ready for war anyway when heir to Habsburg empire was assassinated.
Source: CBS News
1-15-14
Forty-four boxes of letters, some 7,000 in all, were kept in Jackie Kennedy's personal collection.
Source: Washington Post
1-13-14
The National Museum of American History is marking the 100th anniversary of one of its most popular exhibitions, “The First Ladies,” by displaying Michelle Obama’s second inaugural gown.
Source: New York Times
1-13-14
In death as well as in life, Sharon remains a polarizing figure.
Source: New York Times
1-13-14
Growing numbers of aging Red Guards have declared their contrition
for violence perpetrated from 1966.
Source: Der Spiegel
1-13-14
The Soviets swept Russia's World War I under the historical rug. But now Putin is bringing it back.
Source: Phys.org
1-13-14
Could Alexander the Great have been poisoned by white hellebore?
Source: National Post
1-12-14
Could Sir Francis Drake have reached Canada's Pacific coast?
Source: BBC News
1-12-14
"Sometimes we find them just beneath the moss and a few
layers of fallen leaves. They are still lying where they fell. The
soldiers are waiting for us - waiting for the chance to finally go
home."
Source: BBC News
1-14-14
Diaries from British
soldiers describing life on the frontline during World War One are being
published online by the National Archives.
Source: The Telegraph
1-13-14
The glaciers of the Italian Alps are slowly melting to reveal horrors from the Great War, preserved for nearly a century.
Source: Stumbling in the Shadows of Giants (Blog)
12-21-13
Documents dating back to the 1840s were burned in the county incinerator.
Source: New York Times
1-10-14
The archive comes from a veteran of the famed Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry, the first African American formation fielded by the Union in the Civil War.
Source: Irish Independent
1-10-14
Memorial Records go digital with list of all those from island of Ireland who died during war or as result of injuries sustained in battle in Belgium.
