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On the 80th anniversary of the bombing, the city calls for an end to the devastation that war brings.

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we see how an early 20th-century railroad stop in a remote Nevada town was reinvigorated 100 years later.

In this installment of When Character Counted, we visit the life of the man in black, who battled addiction while writing songs that made him a legend.

In ‘This Week in History,’ poor roads and a burgeoning automobile industry lead a group of industrialists to build a transcontinental highway.

In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ a former slave whose love of the flag and gallant Civil War actions earned him the military’s highest honor.

Elisha Otis invented the safety elevator.

Roman influences can be seen in American language, architecture, and philosophy—from Latin legal phrases to the Great Seal.

To help as many passengers board lifeboats, engineers stayed on the ship until the end.

In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a printer’s devil, who becomes a messenger of mirth, and establishes a new industry in humor.