In the book “Monopoly X,” Philip E. Orbanes tells the true story of how a doctored version of the classic board game was used ...

History and Hollywood are coming together in a powerful way this summer at thePlaza Classic Film Festival. This year's theme ...

Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with ...

While we might associate M&Ms with all-things fun and whimsical today, they were actually popularized in one of the world's ...

French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

As WWII came to a close, American soldiers returned home not just with stories, but with tangible pieces of history. From ...

The book, authored by Mary M. Cronin and Bruce Berman, is titled, “Home Front: Alfred T. Palmer’s World War II Photography.” ...

Many people may remember the tragic case of Balbir Singh Sodhi, an Indian American Sikh businessman who, in 2001, was wrongly identified as an Arab Muslim and murdered by a random man who wanted to ...

‘Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS’ By Lisa Rogak St. Martin’s Press, 240 Pages Betty MacDonald, Zuzka Lauwers, Jane Smith-Hutton, and the actress Marlene Dietrich all worked ...

Recently the society’s collection of World War I and II propaganda posters was added to the online catalog. “The use of posters as propaganda took off during World War I and some of the most iconic ...

The four women – including acting legend Marlene Dietrich – whose secret propaganda efforts helped in the World War II fight.

The "Rosie the Riveter" campaign from the Office of War Information was determined to get more women to work and free men to fight.