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Deployment Kids: Information and Resources for Military Kids During Deployment
Great source for ideas on what to do if a family member is deployed. Keep a timeline, write a journal, make postcards, and lots of other ideas help make creative use of time.
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National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park: Bayou Expeditions Map
This site provides a black and white map detailing the Bayou Expeditions of the Vicksburg Campaign.
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National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park: Vicksburg Campaign Map
A small map showing Grant's line of march on Vicksburg from March through May, 1863.
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National Park Service: Vicksburg Natl Military Park: Passing the Vicksburg Batteries
Read how Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter moved his fleet past the Vicksburg batteries and lost only one transport.
USA Today
Us atoday.com: Strain of Iraq War Showing on Bush
This article discusses the Iraq War and Bush's presidency.
The History Place
The History Place: The Vietnam War America Commits
This site from The History Place provides a lengthy timeline, accented with many quotations, explaining how America came to be directly involved in Vietnam. This is a great site to check out on the subject.
Cato Institute
Cato Institute: More Defense Spending for Smaller Forces
"More Defense Spending for Smaller Forces: What Hath D0D Wrought?" by William A. Niskanen, from Policy Analysis No. 110, Cato Institute, July 29, 1988.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Swedish Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Swedish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Ukrainian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ukrainian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Memorial Day, Americans Reflect on Military Service
Information on the creation of Memorial Day as well as more current information on soldiers who have given their lives for our freedom.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Native Resistance in the Trans Appalachian West
This site gives a brief look at the Indian alliance built by Tecumseh to confront the U.S. military which wanted to protect the settlers moving west into Indian territory.
US National Archives
Nara: u.s. Response to 1960 1962 Berlin Crisis [Pdf]
A transcript from the U.S. Army Center for Military History regarding the United States' response to the 1960-62 Berlin Crisis.
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Reuters: Pakistani Protesters Clash With Police, Soldiers Secure State Tv
Learn about the political protests in Pakistan in 2014 and why the military took over state television in an attempt to control the population. (Published Sept., 1, 2014)
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Impact of the Crusades
The Crusades had far-reaching consequences that are felt even today. Learn about the religious, military, and cultural impact of the Crusades. Included are pictures and a question/answer section from the community.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor
Japanese submarines in use near the end of World War II had the potential to inflict heavy damage on the United States. This transcript looks at these 'killer subs' and what we now know about them. Additional materials discuss the threat...
PBS
Pbs Wideangle: Japan's About Face
PBS's Richard Samuels gives an audio analysis of the United States-Japan military alliance from the end of WWII to the present. Includes complete transcript.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post: Faces of the Fallen
Faces of the Fallen is a database that provides information on the US service members who have died in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Information may be sorted by age, year of death, home state and military branch.
Digital History
Digital History: Before the American War
Before Vietnam became the stage for an American war against international communism, it was a war between France and Indochina. France, concerned about losing their colonial holdings in Indochina and therefore losing international...
Digital History
Digital History: The Reagan Revolution in Perspective
By the end of Reagan's second presidential term, the US was a much different country than it had been when he became president in 1980. During his 8 years in office, Reagan accomplished many things, some good and some bad, and definitely...
New York Times
New York Times: Scenes From a Robot Battle
An interactive video that shows the new techniques that the US government may use to fight future wars and insurgence because it involves robot controlled vehicles instead of human contolled. This will result in less loss of life for the...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The March to Germantown 1777
This site from US History.org provides a brief description of the British capture of Philadelphia and The Continental Army's defeat at nearby Germantown, Pennsylvania.
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National Park Service: Little Bighorn Battlefield: George Armstrong Custer
Short description of Custer just before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, as well as a brief listing of information about his military career.
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National Park Service: Andersonville National Historic Site
The official website of Andersonville National Historic Site, or Camp Sumter, "One of the largest of many Confederate military prisons." This park serves to honor all American prisoners of war. Be sure to click on Teaching with Historic...
USA Today
Usa Today: Confronting Iraq [Pdf]
A September 30, 2002 article from USA Today is a pre-war discussion of whether or not the US should go to war with Iraq. A list of discussion questions follows th article. This PDF resource requires Adobe Reader.
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