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The transformation of the American shopping mall | via @SmithsonianMag @EmilyMatchar ow.ly/4c4K30f80JK

Dry-cleaning New York's oldest maps | via @nytimes @Ali_Lev ow.ly/qais30f80w7

On this day in history, Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" ow.ly/ziJz30f7ZS8

It's Wednesday. Read the latest pieces on history by @EmilyMatchar, @KateMaltby and more at realclearhistory.com

In praise of the black men and women who built Detroit | via @TomSugrue @nytimes ow.ly/oOdD30f4g2v

The history of U.S. nuclear power in South Korea | via @KyleMizokami @thenatinterest ow.ly/ONtd30f4f5l

Hurricane Irma is on track to change Florida history | via @EricHolthaus @RollingStone ow.ly/LQ3630f4ey9

Sixteen years after 9/11, how does terrorism end? | via @wrightr @NewYorker ow.ly/6VQk30f4elE

Remembering @RealClearHistry editor Samuel Chi ow.ly/AxPi30f2VzH

Did you know that the tradition of tailgating goes all the way back to ancient Greece? ow.ly/6o3L30f0TlR

Italian neo-fascists are marching on Rome to commemorate Mussolini's rise to power over 90 years ago ow.ly/ECO830f0T3P

It's Friday. Get your fill of the latest history pieces by @WhyBlitz, @ryanlcooper and more at realclearhistory.com

It's Wednesday. Read the best historical pieces today by @MsBeckyLittle, @lilyrothman and more ow.ly/Rcfl30eXYSl

Statues of medical racist who experimented on slaves must be taken down buff.ly/2wbpDnh (via @ConversationUS)

After a month of combat, US troops have eliminated organised Japanese resistance on island of Iwo Jima, with over 18,000 defenders dead.

6-week Battle of the Belgian "Bulge" has left 90,000+ Allied casualties, incl. 23,000 US troops captured & marched east into Germany.

George Washington's Secret Spy War | via @RealClearHistry bit.ly/2cYWDG7

Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt ow.ly/Iglc3049AUk | @guardian

Can we bring back the Dead Sea? via @novapbs realclearscience.com/2016/08/20/the…

How do 1800s drawings of space compare to NASA's photos? We investigated: on.nypl.org/2bnIU9J