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Actor Tyler Fauntleroy discusses his debut season with the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and how he prepared for his role in 'Lamentable Trial.'

Joseph J. Ellis invites readers to revisit the writings of the Founding Founders to tackle today's issues in his latest book, 'American Dialogue: The Founders and Us.'

'Alex & Eliza' by Melissa De La Cruz takes us back into history and gives us a take on how the romance of these two figures, Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler, helps to shape a nation.

Mark Tooley discusses the uncertainty of 1861 and major figures following Abraham Lincoln's election in his book, "The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War."

Interview with author S.W. 'Connell, creator of the Yankee Doodle Spies series and "The Cavalier Spy".

This is not a boring history lecture. It is more like an historical drama.

This week's "Turn" features much about of ships, the secrets held beneath the sealing wax, and, in fact, both cabbages and kings.

Starring Jamie Bell, Turn is based on the real history of America's first spy ring--the Culper Ring, and on the 2007 book 'Washington's Spies' by Alexander Rose.

The ambitious feature-film debut from director David Gordon Green remains thought-provoking, if unfocused.

If we do a little exploration, we could probably find something interesting and noteworthy about each one of the 44 who have served their country.