"The Armenian Legionnaires" was really heartbreaking. During WWI, France asked for volunteers to fight the Turks. Wanting to avenge the genocide of their people, Armenians from all over the world left their safe, comfortable homes and signed up for the Legionnaires. France and England bowed down to pressure from the Turks after the war and reneged on their promises to the Armenians. It makes me want to read more about WWI in general, I don't really know that much.
"Inventing American Tradition" was a fun look at how so many of our holidays and traditions are not actually what we think they are. For instance, Rudolph the Red Nosed reindeer started as a marketing gimmick, and now we can't imagine Christmas without him. I enjoyed learning the fairly recent backstory to so many of the things we take for granted as being long held beliefs.
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