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- How France Changed the Tides of the American Revolution (2018) https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/how-france-helped-win-american-revolution 107 comments
- Thailand tried to send elephants to the US during the civil war https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/lincoln-rejects-king-siams-offer-elephants 56 comments history
- This day in history, 245 years ago. British General John Burgoyne surrendered his army to American General Horatio Gates, ending the Battle of Saratoga https://www.battlefields.org/learn/maps/saratoga-oct-10-17-1777 8 comments military
- On this day in 1865, December 6th, eight months after the end of the Civil War, the United States adopted the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which outlawed the practice of slavery https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/slavery-united-states 10 comments upliftingnews
- My great great great grandfather could've qualified on elephants... https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/lincoln-rejects-king-siams-offer-elephants 9 comments army