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The Act of Union 1800
After the Irish rebellion of 1798, the British Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger assigned two of his best men to bring Ireland into union with Great Britain.
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The Flight of the Earls, 1607
A few years after his defeat in the Nine Years War, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and many of his supporters fled Ireland.
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The Legendary Gurkha Soldiers
Learn about the famed Gurkha soldiers from Nepal who have served and fought so well for the British over the years. With a reputation for toughness, it is no wonder that legends have sprung up around these skilled men.
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The Siege of Corfe Castle, August 1139
An account of the siege of a major rebel stronghold in the early stages of the Civil Wars in England in the Twelfth Century between Stephen and Matilda.
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79th New York "Highlanders"
The only kilted regiment to represent the Union Army in the American Civil War was comprised mostly of Scots and Scottish-Americans.
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Eating Soup with a Knife: T.E. Lawrence and Iraq
This article concerns 'Lawrence of Arabia' and Iraq.
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Lt. Col. Asa Bird Gardiner
An accomplished lawyer and soldier who had his Congressional Medal of Honor revoked, Gardiner coined the phrase "Reform be damned" when pundits criticized Tammany Hall.
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The War to Suppress Yankee Arrogance?
The different names by which the Civil War is referred.
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Casualties & Warriors; Celie and Dana
Oppressed and victimized, African-American female protagonists in Octavia Butler's Kindred (Dana) and Alice Walker's The Color Purple (Celie) exemplify the word casualty.
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The Father of the English Parliament
A summary of the life of Simon de Montfort, also known as the Father of the English Parliament
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Simon de Montfort.
Simon de Montfort was a French born noble. Read about how the claim to a title, connected him with Leicester and led him to lay down the foundations for one of Britain's greatest institutions.
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