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Memorial Day

Monuments and memorials do more than remind us about the past. Learn how you can use them as primary sources, with high school teacher James Percoco. FIND OUT MORE »

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Film Review: Pearl Harbor and U-571

Photograph negative, U.S.S. Neosho and other ships during Pearl Harbor attack, 7

When does a historical film go from "based on historical events" to total [...] »

Dog Tags: History, Stories, & Folklore of Military Identification

Screencapture, Dog Tags: History, Stories, & Folklore of Military Identification

Dog tags are highly personal items to warriors of every service and to their [...] »

George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin

Screencapture, George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin

Filmmaker George Stevens, Jr., introduces D-Day to Berlin, the documentary he [...] »

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Resources for Memorial Day

Photo, Sailor and girl at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, May 1943, LoC

How do you observe Memorial Day? Teachinghistory.org shares teaching resources [...] »

Historic Place and Interpretation

Photo. Illumination Ceremony at dawn. Flickr

Teaching with place involves more than walking students around a battlefield. [...] »

Memorializing Veterans: Teaching with Place

Photo, California Vietnam Veterans Memorial, March 19, 2007, rscottjones, Flickr

What do memorials say about history and how it's remembered? On Veterans Day, [...] »

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Remembering All Veterans

Veterans Day is for everyone who fought for the U.S.—including those who [...] »

Memorializing Memorials

Photo, Jefferson Memorial with Red Tourists, Apr. 18, 2008, Tancread, Flickr

How do we relate to national memorials? Photographs can show us how we want to [...] »

Classroom Glory

Does the movie "Glory" depict historical accuracy or wholesale fiction? [...] »

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